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visarga t1_j9pbqqa wrote

Reply to comment by Gotisdabest in Bernie Sanders proposes taxes on robots that take jobs by Scarlet_pot2

> Since it puts pressures on productivity. Adapt or die.

Why do anything at all? Competition will take care of it. When the first company starts using AI and wins big, then next 100 jump on, then everyone will have to use it or be left behind. Being undercut by more AI-savvy competitors is enough pressure.

But every company will have the same GPT-5 or 10. They need to get an edge by hiring humans. So they are back where they started, but now with AI and all that new productivity will go into inflated expectations and more difficult competition.

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Gotisdabest t1_j9pcjku wrote

>Why do anything at all?

Maybe because this way the people actually get to not starve and actually see benefits?

Regardless, a government initiative does wonders to hasten this process and prevent lethargy in the economy. Believe it or not the free market has tons of slow inefficiencies. Hastening the process artificially works quite well.

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