[qingcharles]

But what if new jobs aren't created? I don't think it's an absolute given that because new jobs came after the invention of the loom and the tractor that there will always be new jobs. What if AI if a totally different beast altogether?

[kavalg]

Then there will be no one to buy the robots :)

[Windchaser]

It's quite possible that the rich will essentially form a new economy.

They build the robots to build the factories, run the mines, build the solar farms, run the research labs, repair the robots, etc. They sell to and buy from each other.

[inigyou]

What if we just run out of new jobs?

[hdgvhicv]

Areas of the economy suffered this time and time again. Even if there are new jobs, even if those new jobs are better paid and better conditions than the ones they replace, how does that help the 55 year old coal miner who has seen his industry vanish. Can he realistically retrain?

It’s not unprecedented however the scale and speed that it will come at is. Things like the spinning jenny came along and replaced spinners, but weavers stayed for another generation.

Selfishly though I am more concerned about losing my job and industry than I was concerned about others suffering from the 80s, or during the pivot to the intenet. To quote Dr McCoy

> We're all sorry for the other guy when he loses his job to a machine. When it comes to your job, that's different. And it always will be different.

[ludicrousdispla]

Realistically, he can retrain, although he is unlikely to be a good culture fit. /s