ReptileCultist t1_j9z6t8m wrote on February 25, 2023 at 5:23 PM

Reply to comment by Judgethunder in The Job Market Apocalypse: We Must Democratize AI Now! by Otarih

The question is why this time automation should be different than before

Judgethunder t1_j9zbi6p wrote on February 25, 2023 at 5:54 PM

Because an artificial intelligence is not the same thing as a railroad or a textile machine.

The assumption that you should be questioning is why it should be the same.

Feynnehrun t1_j9zfdhl wrote on February 25, 2023 at 6:20 PM

Because, when a single industry automates a process, there are other places those workers can go after retraining. It certainly sucks for them but society is minimally impacted. When labor becomes a thing of the past, we still need to trade for and acquire goods. It would make zero sense to have a fully autonomous society that produces everything we need, but nobody is able to acquire those things because there are no jobs. Likely this would translate into a universal income.