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Re:The Singularity Will Occur on a Tuesday by AlexCoventry on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @03:15PM (#46966172)
FWIW, you'd probably be able to buy a lot of goods and services for $7/day, if robots were doing literally all the work.
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Re:The Singularity Will Occur on a Tuesday by sp527 on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @04:03PM (#46966891)
Agreed. The quality of life bar will be higher for sure. But it will still technically be a "subsistence" lifestyle, with no prospect of improvement. Perhaps that will suffice for most people? We're going to find out.
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Re:The Singularity Will Occur on a Tuesday by pdonis on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @07:40PM (#46969248)
> if robots were doing literally all the work

Let me know when ChatGPT can do your laundry.

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Re:The Singularity Will Occur on a Tuesday by AlexCoventry on Friday February 13, 2026 @06:40PM (#47009392)
Give it five years.
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