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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.
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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

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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.
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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
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