Nobody who trades their labor for income would legitimately trust simply getting money for existing because we created such surplus. What happens if the checks stop rolling? It is undesirable to be that dependent on the state, in an environment where faith in institutions has declined. To give up labor is to give up any leverage one possibly has in our system.

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StevenWaterman 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> What happens if the checks stop rolling

Late 18th century France

	▲	bluefirebrand 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Let's hope if it comes to that sort of action, we do it before the noble class has easy and free access to autonomous terminator robots

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evenhash 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sure, but wouldn't the leverage of labor go to zero regardless, in this full-automation scenario?

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byebyetech 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That is the reason why Oligarchs and Governments are salivating at AI. To make everyone dependent for a paycheck. Any dystopian fantasy can come true after that.

	▲	wiseowise 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Any dystopian fantasy can come true after that. Why after that? AI hasn't even kicked in yet fully and we already have millions of engineers trembling in fear. Gone the golden days of techies demanding things, corpo is back with revenge.