[tyree731]

The world has survived many a technological advancement but, if AI were to make it so Worker B "doesn't need to work" going forward, our society is not structured to support Worker B in any meaningful way, and that's something to be concerned about.

[vlunkr]

Yeah, if somehow Basic Income works out, this will be less concerning. But I think that's the harder problem to tackle.

[cbozeman]

Not really, we'll do what we already do - leave them to die.

"But oHhHHh noOooOOo, that's sooo awful, cbozeman! We can't do that!"

Bullshit. We do it every single day. Every single day, someone, somewhere, starves to death because they have no marketable skills whatsoever, and because no one cares if they live or die. This is just going to accelerate the process. We'll either get Star Trek, or we'll get that Matt Damon movie.