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trevithicktoday at 1:31 PM1 replyview on HN

When all labor is automated, is it a problem for the elites if people stop having children?


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Tade0today at 3:03 PM

Is that a realistic scenario anytime soon?

The highest estimate of jobs long term removed by automation that I've seen is around 200 million.

The current labour shortage just in China is already around half of that.

Layoffs in tech notwithstanding, we're still in a period of labour shortages and increased efforts at automation are a reaction to it.