In recent years, as AI has become more and more prevalent and easy to access, employers have found that replacing humans is an easy way to cut costs, despite the manifest problems of AI, which is now famous for its bizarre and sometimes lethal quirks. Employers, after all are not just saving wages; they do not need to deal with all the quirks of their employees – contributions towards health schemes, holiday payments, overtime, time off in lieu, and, indeed, entire HR departments. However, employees are vital to governments and national economies; it is they who pay taxes, not only directly but via VAT or similar schemes; it is they, who, with their wages, buy a vast array of things, from homes to holidays, builders to accountants, all who also pay their direct and indirect taxes. Government income, of almost any sort, is based on people, the businesses who employ them, and they businesses they support; and government expenditure goes very largely for all sorts of social support and all the other multitudes of things governments apply themselves to, from infrastructure, the military, research, governmental services, investment in industry and agriculture – the list in recent history has become enormous; and, of course, every business and their employees support the government with their contributions in many ways. Obviously, a huge collapse in the numbers of those employed will result in a huge collapse of government income, coupled with an enormous increase of those who have become unemployed and now need government support. The outcome is inevitable; any country that allows AI to operate on a large scale will face catastrophe – and any other country whose economy, via exports, imports, tourism, or any other economic interaction, deals with the affected country, will also be affected, whether they use AI or not. The global impacts will be enormous; the safest places to be will be third world countries with very limited exposure to imports or exports; it’s probably wisest to emigrate yourselves, taking anything of value converted to gold or something internationally valued, and to do it while the requisite government offices still operate and the airlines are still flying. Bon Voyage! submitted by /u/Original_Solution_44
Originally posted by u/Original_Solution_44 on r/ArtificialInteligence
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