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by hack1312 28 days ago
This is plainly delusional. There already is abundance, global crop lands produce enough calories to feed twice the world’s population[0]. Greed is the reason for inequality and “AI” is not solving that. It is pure wishful utopian thinking to believe that there will be some massive AI-initiated abundance.

[0] https://www.oneearth.org/half-the-worlds-food-never-feeds-pe...
2 comments
user34283 28 days ago
It would seem to me that the main source of food insecurity is violent conflict rather than greed.
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saulpw 28 days ago
The main source of famine is corruption. Ireland had enough food, but it was exported to rich people.
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BosunoB 28 days ago
Speaking specifically about food insecurity and homelessness in the US, it's not simply greed, it's "just deserts" ideology. It's a belief in the lack of merit of the poor to receive help.

Speaking globally, there are many more barriers to feeding everybody than just abundance, like the other guy said.

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