[Towaway69]

It will probably all fall apart when there is no one left to purchase this stuff, no job, no money, no purchasing power.

Once purchasing power has evaporated, then and only then will the system change.

Alternatively AI will also replace the jobless.

[civilitty]

We'll invent a third World War long before that happens - to thin the herd and remind everyone using rationing and austerity about how great consumerism is, while creating plenty of jobs rebuilding the industrialized world.

[artur_makly]

it's simple and it works.. every time. /s

[toomuchtodo]

I wouldn't blame folks wanting to work on fast takeoff AI with no human alignment concerns. Heads, the world ends because you've bootstrapped something unsympathetic and more powerful than humanity. Tails, you've bootstrapped something that might be able to overpower entrenched interests, providing a chance at a better societal outcome.