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by tavavex 41 days ago
> We are building general thinking machines with the aim of replacing all human labour, ... but humans won't be replaced, they will find other jobs, because when we introduced tractors they were able to find other jobs, ... totally the same scenario.

Technically, there's no cognitive dissonance in the statement you made, at least with the way you worded it. Thinking machines can only do thinking labor (for now), so the bright future ahead is one where mental work is reserved for the elite, while everyone else does hard, physical work in places that are too messy for the machines to operate in at the moment.