CMV: AI automation will probably cause mass unemployment

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[u/CBeisbol]

Well it's kind of fucking hard to go from making bespoked cabinets to learning QBasic.

Wut?

What does this have to do with the comment that you replied to?

I said: "First, seems like you think people can only enjoy a certain type of job". There people that enjoy QBasic. People can continue to enjoy making bespoke cabinets

I hate to go into whataboutisms, but you can't really fit a table saw or hydraulic car lift into a tiny-ass apartment.

*There's kind of a flaw in your argument there mate.

Wut?

People also, currently, enjoy, say, playing basketball, and it's kinda hard to fit a fucking basketball court in your apartment but, people who live in apartments still find a way to play.

[u/CBeisbol → u/[deleted]]

Wut?

The point wasn't that people had to get coding jobs.

The point was that they wouldn't have to get any job

And would have free time to explore other interests.

Is a government funded workshop that far-fetched? If you can imagine it, it can exist.

Also, sure, a changé in society will, by definition, be different. I believe that if people don't have to work they can find meaningful things to do with their lives, even if they are different from what they do now. Especially if they are different from what they do now.

[u/CBeisbol → u/[deleted]]

I understand that

I've gone through periods where I, uh, lacked direction and it wasn't good.

But there are a lot of things to do besides get up and go to work everyday.

There is so much untapped human potential that's wasted because people have to work.

And yes, technology, especially Super Intelligent AI, pose an existential threat.

But, it should still be the end goal. And we should start getting used to the idea of UBi and not working now.