[neel8986]

>> Mass unemployment is a likely outcome, but modern states already have amazing safety nets in place and they're not far away from a universal basic income.

very few western and east asian nation have that. 80% of population dont have safety net

[3rd3]

True, but AI will accelerate progress and make every product extremely cheap, almost for free. It will be extremely cheap even supporting a population 1000x as large as today (including cleaning up after them, filtering water and soil etc.).