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Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? by komali2 on Monday December 15, 2025 @08:27AM (#46274231)
Imminent or not, what jobs will remain? Fixing the robots? Technology strives to reduce cost, labor is typically the largest cost, so is it not inevitable that labor will be made mostly redundant?
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Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? by solumunus on Monday December 15, 2025 @12:19PM (#46277352)
No it’s not. It’s not inevitable that we get super intelligence, or even regular intelligence AGI. Even if we did, the cost of building, running and maintaining a robot to do manual jobs - I would argue this will never be cheaper than paying humans to do the same thing.
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Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? by komali2 on Monday December 15, 2025 @06:01PM (#46282094)
I didn't even mention AI though, but, really, you don't think automation or improved efficiencies will make human labor redundant? What about 30% unemployment, is even that feasible to you? Because that would also be catastrophic to the USA.
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Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? by solumunus on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @01:32AM (#46285469)
30% is feasible to me.
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