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Jasrek t1_j9tzj2d wrote

"Within decades", we might have automated grocery stores and delivery robots.

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BurtReynoldsLives t1_j9u089g wrote

Not if they can help it. We can’t have people at home with free time enjoying their life and pondering on how we can restructure society in a more equitable way. We need them tired to a desk to make them docile.

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spicytackle t1_j9uhlgf wrote

No one else on this damn website seems to bring this up enough- automation won't mean everyone has no job, that's an insanely dangerous situation politically. Idle hands and what not. UBI for that sweet data we produce will be an absolute necessity, or something equivalent.

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supermegaampharos t1_j9u2i4s wrote

Not within decades. Within decade.

The article title says decade singular and the article itself says “within a decade”.

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Jasrek t1_j9u2plc wrote

Ah, that's true. Probably not, then. But one day! One day.

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