Are you sure that’s actually what you want though, competing with China in skilled labor?

Well, once AI takes over most of the white collar jobs, people will have to do something to put food on the table, and not all of them can be gig workers. Or do you see ideas like Universal Basic Income as an alternative for the US?

	▲	nkassis 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That's argument is a bit rough given manufacturing is one of the areas seeing the most automation progress and success. One of the main reason it's not more successful is labor costs can be lower than automation that wouldn't be true if we wanted to replace the income of white collar workers in the US. If we end up in a place where AI and automation take over then yeah I think we start looking at alternative income sources and economic system. Just like star trek predicted we would do after WW3.

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vsgherzi 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Of course I do. Competition can only be good here.

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hn_acc1 3 hours ago | parent [-]

You willing to work 996? I would prefer some form of work-life balance.

	▲	vsgherzi 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Why is that the only way to accomplish that? We'll have to restart manufacturing while also keeping wages livable and the work the US does competitive. As I said above we'll just have to be more revolutionary than the manufacturing industry already is.