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Re:Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible by stephc_int13 on Monday June 15, 2026 @09:00PM (#48549232)
Yes, the transition is unlikely to be linear and without conflict, if this was ever possible. But I am sure that some would be happy to control armies of bots and very few humans.
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Re:Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible by jameslk on Monday June 15, 2026 @09:32PM (#48549441)
That’s quite a lot of slippery slope hand waving to get there. I’d wager those obstacles will pose a larger challenge than most people in this article’s thread seem to think
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Re:Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible by stephc_int13 on Monday June 15, 2026 @09:52PM (#48549571)
I genuinely have no idea how that transition would happen.

And I agree that it would pose many unforeseen challenges.

This is why the transition is the interesting part, not the sci-fi end game with a world populated with billions of robots doing everything.

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Re:Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible by smallmancontrov on Monday June 15, 2026 @09:06PM (#48549268)
Pertinent section from Rules for Rulers

https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs?t=746s

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