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Re:Devin, the First AI Software Engineer by ardaoweo on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @01:08PM (#39682021)
If we got universal basic income, people could do whatever they want. I for one would be content spending my time gardening and trekking in the nature. I despise office work and do it only for money.

It's forcing the rich to give us UBI that is the problem.

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Re:Devin, the First AI Software Engineer by MSFT_Edging on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @01:18PM (#39682153)
Sure but UBI would never afford a garden.

It would be bare minimum to survive, if that. We'd need a complete restructuring of society to even approach dignity via UBI.

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Re:Devin, the First AI Software Engineer by pj_mukh on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @02:32PM (#39683123)
Unless of course the robots built the gardens thereby driving the cost of gardens down to amounts accessible by UBI. Or so goes the theory.
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Re:Devin, the First AI Software Engineer by AndrewKemendo on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @02:16PM (#39682899)
Right! So lets get after it

Start a local cooperative and build value from the bottom up

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Re:Devin, the First AI Software Engineer by pzo on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @02:25PM (#39683028)
There will be only just few countries that are winners in this game. Do you believe e.g. USA will provide UBI for other countries or even only neighbours like Mexico? I don't think so. And once there is big unemployment that USA border will be filled even more with migrants or people unhappy with the situation.
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