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by jayd16 311 days ago
In general, the idea with technology is it's cheaper to do things.

It's easier to start the next widget company because building widgets with the technology is cheaper.

It's easier to consume other things because goods are cheaper to make with the tech.

A third option is that the tech enables something all together new, eg television, that starts a new industry.

As far as direct job creation, the third way is the most obvious but probably not the case at the moment. So I guess we're stuck waiting for goods and services made with AI to get cheaper.