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Re:We Must Pace the Frontier by reasonableklout on Sunday September 13, 2026 @05:41PM (#49689014)
And what about when general purpose robots become practical? What will people do then?

I don't understand this view of "AI empowers workers more than capital" at all. To me it's the exact opposite. Workers hold political and economic power today because they are needed. When that is no longer true, those in power will have no incentive to listen to them. The political economy of unregulated AGI development feels incredibly bleak: https://borretti.me/article/when-the-future-doesnt-need-us

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Re:We Must Pace the Frontier by the_optimist on Sunday September 13, 2026 @05:45PM (#49689041)
Go innovate. Or find things that robots cannot do. It’s turtles all the way down.
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Re:We Must Pace the Frontier by reasonableklout on Sunday September 13, 2026 @07:19PM (#49689776)
Ok! So you acknowledge the job displacement, and have no response to the effect of AI and robotics on the political economy of workers.
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