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Re:We'll need a universal basic income (UBI) in an AI-driven... by billy99k on Monday August 11, 2025 @06:12PM (#44870049)
I would much rather have Capitalism and own my own work bots, thanks.
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Re:We'll need a universal basic income (UBI) in an AI-driven... by pillefitz on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @01:24AM (#44872707)
Reminds me of the lives of the great philosophers, who, in order to freely contemplate, owned slaves to do the necessary work
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Re:We'll need a universal basic income (UBI) in an AI-driven... by t-3 on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @07:59AM (#44875131)
That's not precluded. With enough robots, everyone could own their own means of production. Centralized distribution is probably the most resource-efficient when the system has enough insight, but for more dynamic environments a distributed model with local exchange would be ideal.
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