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Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by LastTrain on Monday January 05, 2026 @11:59PM (#46508914)
Whereas a government's responsibility is to ensure peace and prosperity for as many of its citizens as possible. These things will be at odds when increased profits for companies no longer coincides with increased employment.
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Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by forgetfreeman on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:15AM (#46508994)
You may be overlooking the fact that the US is an oligarchy.
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Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by nephihaha on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @05:56AM (#46510878)
Can you name a present-day country which isn't?

No, not Sweden where 40% of the population have been employed in some way by the Wallenberg family and its corporations in recent times. The other Nordic countries are not as egalitarian as they are presented either.

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Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by wing-_-nuts on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:23AM (#46509035)
>a government's responsibility is to ensure peace and prosperity for as many of its citizens as possible.

I've never seen the US government behave as if this was a priority. Perhaps things are different in a nordic country?

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Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by mannanj on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:47AM (#46509140)
Yes. Perhaps the OP was speaking from a dream or a theory standpoint. We know our government in the US has lost its original intent.
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Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by LastTrain on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @05:38PM (#46519829)
Yes, believe it or not some of still believe in this and vote accordingly. Aspirational, as it has always been, with the understanding that we will always fall short.
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Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by mxkopy on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:41AM (#46509107)
It has been a priority, but only for a certain group of citizens (which only briefly became unfashionable to legislate for explicitly)
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Re:Why didn't AI "join the workforce" in 2025? by nephihaha on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @05:55AM (#46510867)
A government's main responsibility is to protect and fund itself. All the rest is secondary in real terms. I know it shouldn't be that way.
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