A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem

Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by slt2021 on Saturday August 02, 2025 @12:04PM (#44768736)

no, it doesn't. With the labor productivity and automation, it is not obvious we need to maintain the current population, especially because the current social contract seems to be working class being exploited by oligarchs, while their taxes go fund boomers' retirement and overseas wars

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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by AlecSchueler on Saturday August 02, 2025 @12:53PM (#44769152)

And don't forget that the constant growth mentality is causing widespread ecocide which will almost certainly bring an end to society anyway.

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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by pantalaimon on Saturday August 02, 2025 @02:21PM (#44769992)

How is it supposed to work when every working age person has two retirees to support?

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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by Modified3019 on Saturday August 02, 2025 @03:19PM (#44770532)

Probably like: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Kaelon

Just need to re-evaluate things once we hit post-scarcity.

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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by jfyi on Sunday August 03, 2025 @03:17PM (#44778944)

I think I would not like to perform the ättestupa.

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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by slt2021 on Sunday August 03, 2025 @05:21PM (#44779925)

the Boomers need to pull themselves by their bootstraps (c)

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