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by Davidzheng 303 days ago
it actually doesn't matter what we want. Because eliminating it will in long run increase yield, economic forces will automate humans away by capitalistic forces.
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We should stop considering it a given that capitalistic forces will do this and start considering how we build systems that optimize for the maximum amount of human good rather than the maximum amount of abstract economic good (which nowadays usually means an increase in wealth disparity).
Because no one has come up with a system that's better than capitalism at accomplishing that.
This is correct. It will require non-market forces to regulate soft-landings for humans. We may see a wave of "job-preserving" legislation in the coming years but these will eventually be washed away in favor of taxing the AI economy.
If you don't have customers anymore, who are you selling your products to?