asschaos OP t1_izccc92 wrote on December 8, 2022 at 1:39 AM

Reply to comment by TemetN in How will the transition between scarcity-based economics and post-scarcity based economics happen? by asschaos

I think you're right. The politicians, and the government, will not know what to do. Regulators around the world are already struggling to figure out how to regulate artificial intelligence. When unemployment is 30% and rising, and economic growth has stopped, and masses of people in poverty who have no purpose other than their job, the governments of the world will almost certainly collapse too.

TemetN t1_izcgvck wrote on December 8, 2022 at 2:13 AM

That seems very dubious. Why in the world would the government collapse? It isn't in keeping in any way with either previous behavior or any of the implications of the situation. If anything, even in regards to concern over results you are likely looking at the opposite of what you might want to be concerned about (there's a reason for the sayings about government increases in authority during crisis). More practically it's likely they'll be rather useless until they gradually fumble their way to things that work.