> Personally I strongly reject the idea that labor displacement is unethical.

Oh, well if you STRONGLY reject it I guess that's it.

> It will be a serious problem to deal with, but that doesn't make it unethical.

What WOULD make it unethical?

> The steam engine displaced labor. That doesn't make it unethical.

The steam engine also created new jobs to replace what it eliminated. It wasn't a mostly one-sided wealth transfer to the elite.

nl 3 days ago | parent [-]

> The steam engine also created new jobs to replace what it eliminated. It wasn't a mostly one-sided wealth transfer to the elite.

Indeed.

You make my point for me.

	▲	wolvoleo 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		What are those to be created jobs going to be doing that AI won't be able to? There's two big differences with the steam machine: this change is happening much faster so society has much less time to adapt, and it's got a much wider scope. Steam machines only replaced a small category of jobs.