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by garbanz0 806 days ago
"Benefiting humanity" would be letting profits stay the same but giving an equal UBI salary to people who lose their jobs to this stuff.

In its current state, the main thing AI does is hollow out the middle class. Who has access to the best models, and where does the money go when i.e. an entire customer support tier is let go?

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> letting profits stay the same but giving an equal UBI salary to people who lose their jobs to this stuff.

We didn't do that with computers in the '70s (which are also "AI"); why start now? ;D

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