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Heh. Yeah, I did have Brain’s speculation in mind too, but right now I think we can reasonably file its long implications under “let’s deal with that new problem when we get to it”, as right now we aren’t even close to solving the problem we’ve already got.

Personally I see successful high-level automation as much more meritocratic, in that it both serves and is directed by the same individuals: the users themselves. The worst that can happen there is that you automate yourself out of your existing job; but if you can’t think of how to parlay that win into your next then your imagination picked a funny time to fail on you now.