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Wcuprz1 t1_j0qbbr4 wrote

How it should happen: we all work less on things that “must” be done, giving us more time for leisure and innovation. People are happier and can more easily meet their basic needs as items produced by ai are cheaper.

How it will happen: in the grim darkness of the early 2nd millennium…..

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norbertus t1_j0tpequ wrote

>How it should happen: we all work less on things that “must” be done, giving us more time for leisure and innovation

Unlikely. If workers had been given their share of increasing productivity since automation became widespread, we'd be working 20 hour weeks with full employment and benefits.

See, for example, point XIV from the charter of the Knights of Labor from the late 1800's

“XIV. The reduction of the hours of labor to eight per day, so that laborers may have more time for social enjoyment and intellectual improvement, and be enabled to reap the advantages conferred by the labor-saving machinery which their brains have created.”

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Edarneor t1_j0u77p1 wrote

>we'd be working 20 hour weeks with full employment and benefits.

So that means... someone is fucking us over?
Hm.. I wonder who might that be...

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SkyNet_was_taken t1_j0tan4b wrote

What about people who are lazy? I'm curious about how society will look for people who don't desire to do anything.

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LalinOwl t1_j0td32o wrote

If we do achieve automation utopia in the future, people will have more energy to pursue what they actually want, instead of what society needs them to do. Less burnouts, stress etc.

See people who achieve financial independence (no not the oligarchs they would still chase political power), they might stop doing things right after, but they usually pursue something that brings them joy, like opening their own café, farming as a hobby etc.

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MZZXX t1_j0tlim8 wrote

There's a good video on why people would want to work under socialism and I think it applies here.

Second Thought: Why Would Anyone Work Under Socialism?

People don't really want to do nothing. If you think about it, if you sat at home all day an moderated Reddit, you're still contributing to society.

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