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arcanemachiner • today at 7:16 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

In their words, sure. In their actions, who among them has actually worked to make the dream of post-scarcity come alive?

From what I've seen, UBI is just a carrot dangled in front of the poors by utopian Silicon Valley tech bro megabillionaires when they're trying to drum up some PR for whatever big idea they're pimping out at the moment.


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modeless • today at 8:03 PM

Obviously benevolent AGI is a prerequisite and they're all working on it. Actual post-scarcity society is a political issue more than a technology issue and nobody wants these guys working on political issues. To the extent that they have gotten involved in politics they have been pilloried for it. So I'd say their actions in pursuing the technology of AI, and leaving behind or not starting on political campaigns, are perfectly in concordance with their words.

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swerve3815 • today at 7:23 PM

Yeah, if they actually put their money where their mouth is, we'd see UBI supporters on the mid term ballots.