Re:Candidates say they'd rather risk staying unemployed than...
by staunton on Monday August 04, 2025 @04:23PM
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> labor is what they most have to offer, so that is what they will trade
What will they eat? Whose land might they be allowed to grow their food on?
Re:Candidates say they'd rather risk staying unemployed than...
by 9rx on Monday August 04, 2025 @04:45PM
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> What will they eat?
Each other, at least for a while.
> Whose land might they be allowed to grow their food on?
Labor will be used to develop technologies to provide food without land.
That might be your problem, but isn't the problem being discussed.
> so the question is, how do we get from the current situation to this life of abundance without letting the majority of people suffer in the transition.
The question is, from the perspective of what is being discussed, who cares? "I got mine" applies.
> less and less labor is needed
If those with the magical AI no longer need labor, it is more likely, as counterintuitive as it may seem, to lead to more and more labor! How? Well, if those with the magical AI no longer need people to work for them, they'll simply disappear from the economy. Which means everyone else without the magical AI will be the economy, and labor is what they most have to offer, so that is what they will trade.