If everyone is fired by AI, who's going to buy the products and services made by the companies if no one has money anymore? - eviltoast
  • BlackLaZoR@kbin.run
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    4 months ago

    That’s economic ignorance - the more AI is used to produce goods, the cheaper they are - so you have to work less to fulfill your needs.

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      4 months ago

      Hell yeah! People in 50s and even 20s worked 40 hours per week to feed a family of 4! Now we can do that by working much less than… wait, not even 2 working parents safely feed a family of 4? Even with all the gains in productivity?

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      4 months ago

      Exactly this. That’s why groceries have dropped in price the last decade as cashiers are replaced by automated self checkouts. /s