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by alex7734 1166 days ago
> risk of [...] or societal collapse

If you want society to collapse all you need to do is succeed in having AI automate all jobs.

Every single country where money comes from somewhere other than people (oil, diamonds...) is an authoritarian nightmare simply because keeping people happy is not necessary.

Once AI can do everything and robots that can do any physical labor are developed the population will shrink dramatically as people with killer robots kill each other for resources. There is no need for AI rebellion or AI failure to get there.