| ▲ | nl 3 days ago | |
> 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. | ||