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awesomeMiloulast Monday at 11:40 PM2 repliesview on HN

By completely eliminating the need for a human workforce, therefore rendering a majority of humanity obsolete, therefore lots of social inequality, therefore lots of starvation, poverty and death.

When billionaires say "think about the trillions of people that will benefit from AI" and some notion of living in a post scarcity world, they are talking about _their_ descendants, not yours.


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SR2Zlast Tuesday at 10:22 AM

If we're all broke/starving/being exterminated, who will the rich sell to?

Nobody wants to be king of the ashes. The future is going to be the same as now, just with a little less menial work.

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skybrianlast Monday at 11:55 PM

This is dystopian speculation. You don't have to believe every science fiction scenario someone famous talks about.

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