godhat t1_je7nmyz wrote on March 30, 2023 at 12:20 AM

If we find that humans without work experience existential despair, AI might discreetly create numerous artificial jobs to maintain societal stability. These jobs, designed to appear meaningful, would be akin to a child playing with a toy kitchen set, with AI orchestrating this societal illusion. This concept builds on David Graeber's "bullshit jobs" theory, where a third of white-collar workers admit their jobs serve no real purpose. The AI-driven scenario extends this current situation to prevent the negative effects of joblessness.

VelvetyPenus t1_je99ypt wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:39 AM

As long as someone pays. I could see companies needing professional consumers, so there might be a permanent class of people whose job it is to shop, eat fast food, stay in hotels, go out to bars and theme parks and watch a lot of TV netflix and HBO. Like you'll get docked pay on your UBI if you stay home and don't consume, and have to spend your full UBI check every month.

Basically like Wall-E x Idiocracy x Brazil x Equilibrium x Gattaca