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No, you’re avoiding the answer. No one proposes everyone quits working today; the problems there are obvious.

People propose we start thinking about what a world where AI can do the drudgery looks like.




Thinking about it without resolving who is going to do the work nobody wants to do is just fairy tales.


People are very, very actively working on the "robots can't do everything" challenge. Planning ahead for the societal impacts of that scenario instead of going "oh shit, what now?" afterwards seems... wise.

What would you do for purpose if robots can do what you can do, for cheaper, and thus put you out of a job?




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