> Wilson rejected the idea of mass joblessness due to AI as "a very silly fear because human desires and human wants are infinite, and therefore, we always find new things for people to do."

What are companies going to pay these now-dumber people to do, once they've automated away the jobs the smarter versions of these people did? Will the AI be able to perform the original jobs but unable to perform the jobs achievable by these now-dumber people?

Are we a better-off society if a net dumber population is doing a manual labor job that the robotics companies haven't solved yet?

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red_rech 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> What are companies going to pay these now-dumber people to do, once they've automated away the jobs the smarter versions of these people did?

Kill each other, in some ways.

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vagrantJin 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Placate them by any means. History has provided the answers.

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vinyl7 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	Nasrudith 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That whole dumb trope which amounts to projecting your desires to kill the upper classes to bring about a utopia onto "the other" again? It is a projection-propaganda meme accusing the enemy of planning violence to justify your own, mixed with trying to recruit a revolution they feel entitled to. Even a complete cynical Machivellian with no morals would have better uses for masses post automation. Even keeping them on the dole just to have a conscriptible population to do the massive amounts of logistical gruntwork would make sense. Populations are a variable in military power, even as war machines mean fewer boots on the front lines and more in the logistical support. Only a complete idiot would throw a large population advantage away.