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Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where 'machines can make all the food and stuff' isn't a bad idea::"A society where you only have to work three days a week, that's probably OK," Bill Gates said.

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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Assuming the owners of those machines don't restrict the people's access to that "food and stuff"

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People who sell things that are in high demand and necessary for survival generally are not in the practice of denying people access to those things.

[–] 20hzservers@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Um healthcare?

[–] ech@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not a bad idea, but it also can't exist without a complete re-haul of what it means to live in modern society. Right now, replacing workers and cutting hours means people don't have enough money to live. That is not an acceptable result of automation. I'm not qualified enough to have a reasonable solution to this, but I know it needs to be addressed before we get to that point.

I do wonder if this is even a money thing as even OpenAI has warned investors that money in the future is not certain. Maybe we are going to be forced to look to alternatives other than money as the means of value?

[–] countflacula@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Crap, now all the braindead covid conspiracy theorists are going to roll this into their "15 minite cities are open air prisons" conspiracies

[–] Sagifurius@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean...isn't your pattern recognition starting to ring a little bit?

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No.

Because I'm not under the self-important delusion that everything is part of a grand conspiracy out to get me.

[–] Sagifurius@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't ever matter to you people how obvious it becomes over time. Like three years ago when a ridiculous number of people seemed to beleive the policies then wouldn't result in the reality now, no matter how hard we tried to tell you.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have learned over the years that reasoned discussion is impossible at this point. You are firmly fixed on your opinions, and I am moderately fixed with mine, and the gulf in between is large.

So I will simply bid you good day.

[–] Sagifurius@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

I've not stated an opinion or theory. I asked if you can think.

[–] countflacula@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My pattern recognition tells me there are faces in clouds too, should i believe in cloud giants?

[–] Sagifurius@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

Yes you should, that's totally the same thing as recognizing trends over time.