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LeafyWolf t1_j6syxb2 wrote

Reply to comment by throwawaysomeway in The steam engine changed the world. Artificial intelligence could destroy it. - The Boston Globe by GlobeOpinion

Frankly, most people are useless now. Subsistence farming and cottage industry make up a lot of undeveloped labor.

AI fundamentally represents change, which is abhorrent to most people. People in power fear change because the status quo benefits them. Other people fear change for other reasons (not many of them good).

If anything, leaps forward in productivity typically lead to greater standards of living. Look at world poverty rates over time.

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SentientBread420 t1_j6tcdbe wrote

People in power are not afraid of being able to cut more workers off the payroll thanks to automation

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