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Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? by zwnow on Monday December 15, 2025 @09:02AM (#46274655)
Whats with the people already alive? If u continuously replace them with AI u need to support them in case of their inability to provide for themselves. Im afraid the worldwide available social security nets in place aren't made for withstanding this kind of unemployment.
Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? by AndrewKemendo on Monday December 15, 2025 @09:30AM (#46275003)
They’ll have to adapt like every other generation has had to

My grandmother was born in 1924 and died in 2019 please appreciate how much change she had to adapt to over that period

Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? by LunaSea on Monday December 15, 2025 @10:15AM (#46275553)
And when did work done by humans stop existing between 1924 and 1990? Because that's the type of change we are talking about.
Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? by AndrewKemendo on Monday December 15, 2025 @10:18AM (#46275592)
Well considering that she had a bunch of secretaries doing typing for her as a bank manager then transitioned to a world where there were no typists anymore was a pretty explicit change from her perspective.

She never learned how to type on a keyboard so you do the math

Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? by LunaSea on Monday December 15, 2025 @10:19AM (#46275609)
Well the math is that the amount of jobs done by humans in that period of time is above zero.
Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? by AndrewKemendo on Monday December 15, 2025 @11:10AM (#46276357)
The math is: her job disappeared so she had to retire to a low income housing unit funded by HUD in Houston
Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? by zwnow on Monday December 15, 2025 @10:12AM (#46275518)
Your grandma had plenty of opportunities in the post war eras. During her time there was always a need for human workers. While I dont think AI can actually replace anyone reliably, I still can see how executives buy into this promise and try it. This is a unique situation humanity never was confronted with. Even the industrialization required a lot of human work. If all white collar jobs went away there is a huge imbalance in available workers vs available work. Simply adapting to this isn't a thing given that monopolies killed competition and its not feasible for your everyday Joe to break into markets anymore. Kudos to your grandma for making it this long, simply not a comparable situation however.
Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? by AndrewKemendo on Monday December 15, 2025 @10:20AM (#46275621)
Survivorship bias

What you’re not counting is all of the millions of people who died because they couldn’t actually adapt to the new world

Which is fine but they didn’t need to be killed, they just became irrelevant and went away

Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? by zwnow on Monday December 15, 2025 @11:59AM (#46277051)
So you are the type of person that actively contributes to the world being as shit as it is. Good to know. Your disregard for the weak disgusts me. Have a good evening.
Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? by AndrewKemendo on Monday December 15, 2025 @12:50PM (#46277845)
So what are you going to do about it? You should probably do something then