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raesene9 • yesterday at 8:17 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

But if all those peolple are unemployed will they still be able to buy all the products the corporations sell…..


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ben_w • yesterday at 8:23 PM

The historical precedent is those people get other jobs, and/or everyone else in the economy gets richer faster than they get poorer.

If this does or doesn't happen with AI kinda depends how fast it makes multiple different sections of the population unemployed, rather than just one group like "software developer" or "vehicle driver".

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sebzim4500 • yesterday at 8:29 PM

No, so companies will pivot more towards luxury goods affordable only to investors

shimman • yesterday at 8:52 PM

Well look at how the US treats the bottom 10% of the country, that's potentially your future.