A.I/Robots improve (It’s Hype, will not take lots of jobs) -------------------- (It’s real, elites will destroy us all) “What about UBI”------> Downvote (billionaires will not let us) “But we have political agency, can vote!” (Ignore/downvote) "Political power is based on force, and the billionaires do not directly control the military, congress, or the executive branch does!) (Ignore/downvote) Next day… A.I/Robots improve (It’s Hype, will not take lots of jobs) -------------------- (It’s real, elites will destroy us all) “What about artisan production, it’s hard for A.I to replicate local materials and styles” (one-in a thousand comments) “What about the economic merit of the human-made brand which has products with a story, and the drive of consumers to support the products of real people?” (one-in a thousand comments) “What if combined with lowering costs of goods and services, ease of domestic or local production we forward policies of government/philanthropic support of home/local-commons ownership? Plus, a moderate amount of UBI?” (Ignore!) Next day… A.I/Robots improve (It’s Hype, will not take lots of jobs) -------------------- (It’s real, elites will destroy us all) “Don’t worry bro, the singularity will mean we live in a post-scarcity society” … Umm okay, so can we talk about what that means? (No). I look to social media to help generate ideas and prepare us for the obvious automation which is coming, and yet I always find a dead end. It’s either “it’s just hype bro” or “we’re goners.” I wish we can begin having genuine post-automation conversations, who does it help to say either of these basic responses? Why are they upvoted to the top when any actual dialogue is downvoted? I don’t like the “if automation does happen, we’re all in the same boat.” It seems like this space is for discussing a future we want to live in, and we’re not. submitted by /u/Either-Bowler1310
Originally posted by u/Either-Bowler1310 on r/ArtificialInteligence