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The AI Backlash Could Get Very Ugly. Imagine what happens if jobs actually start disappearing.
(www.theatlantic.com)
this post was submitted on 22 May 2026
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I'm not saying leave them out to dry, but we shouldn't do labor just for the sake of it. If we can automate it and we save labor overall, that's how society advances. The real question is who gets the benefit, and how we take care of people's needs, not if it's a good idea to improve labor efficiency
Would love me some Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism, but looking how things are progressing socially, I have my doubts that things are going to end well for anyone worth less then a few million.