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ToothlessGrandma t1_ja15ztq wrote

Reply to comment by Rustydustyscavenger in Why the development of artificial general intelligence could be the most dangerous new arms race since nuclear weapons by jamesj

Good luck with that. People are already struggling. You think these employers can just cut wages? There's a certain point that you can, and then there's a point where you risk destabilizing the entire economy.

What happens if every employer decides to cut wages? Are you expecting no fallout? Right now with most people not being able to afford rent and food, any reduction on wages would be faced with a backlash not ever seen in this country.

A lot of people who say these things fail to realize that when robots replace the workers, who's going to buy the products? When nobody has a job anymore except the employers, where's your revenue coming from?

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Rustydustyscavenger t1_ja19dhs wrote

You act as if companies care about the longevity of their workers and wont take any opportunity to screw them over at the behest of their shareholders

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ToothlessGrandma t1_ja1i64e wrote

I don't think you understand what I'm saying. If nobody has a job, or a job with wages reduced by a significant amount, it doesn't matter what any employer or shareholder wants. The population won't have the income anymore to buy whatever you're selling. Do you think if the minimum wage was reduced to 5$ an hour everywhere in the U.S., that anyone would have any money to buy anything?

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Rustydustyscavenger t1_ja1mxpn wrote

I get exactly what youre saying what youre not getting is that companies will not care either way

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ToothlessGrandma t1_ja1noxy wrote

I guess you're not getting what I'm saying then, because if nobody has any money, nobody is buying your shit, and then your company goes bankrupt.

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1weedlove1 t1_ja1x00n wrote

I don’t think you live in America.

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ToothlessGrandma t1_ja21ob6 wrote

Unfortunately I do.

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1weedlove1 t1_ja44n74 wrote

Then you should wake up to what’s going on around you. The name of the game is the rich get richer the poor get poorer .

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