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by etna_ramequin 565 days ago
That’s a self-defeating definition. Work that can be automated at no marginal cost is economically worthless.

Edit for clarity: “worthless” as in “no value add”, its worth is only capital investment and energy input.

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Work that can be automated is worth exactly at the price it's sold at, not at what it costs. Besides, the marginal cost of AGI isn't zero - servers still cost electricity to run.