> Nobody in any position of power is even hinting this is driving toward post-scarcity

Who are you counting as being in "any position of power"? All the AI lab people are saying that the most likely and best outcome is we all live in a world of abundance where money doesn't matter anymore. Dario, Sam, Demis, and Elon have all said this loudly and repeatedly to anyone who asks.

None of them have articulated a coherent way to get there from here. But they all believe that the technology will make it possible, so the only unresolved question is how to transition us there.

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In their words, sure. In their actions, who among them has actually worked to make the dream of post-scarcity come alive?

From what I've seen, UBI is just a carrot dangled in front of the poors by utopian Silicon Valley tech bro megabillionaires when they're trying to drum up some PR for whatever big idea they're pimping out at the moment.

	▲	modeless an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Obviously benevolent AGI is a prerequisite and they're all working on it. Actual post-scarcity society is a political issue more than a technology issue and nobody wants these guys working on political issues. To the extent that they have gotten involved in politics they have been pilloried for it. So I'd say their actions in pursuing the technology of AI, and leaving behind or not starting on political campaigns, are perfectly in concordance with their words.
	▲	swerve3815 an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yeah, if they actually put their money where their mouth is, we'd see UBI supporters on the mid term ballots.

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