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by consensus1 3 days ago
The AI will not stop them, or anyone else, from doing what they enjoy. It will stop them from getting paid for it. And nobody has the right to get paid for having fun. To get paid you need to deliver customer value.
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"Or threaten to hurt them, or their family, or their friends. Then just take the money. What about that option? Didn't think of that, did ya son."

"Don, I..."

"Listen. I think this racket just ain't for you. But you're a good kid - too good, maybe - and I promised your father I'd find you something. I'll ask Giovanni. Maybe he can find something for you in bookkeeping."

A large part of enjoyment is having a community who cares about what you're doing. So people will find it harder to enjoy it. Plus, some jobs actually are fun. Are you saying we should eradicate that fun because you hate your job? Some human being you are.
You should stop asking people for money for any other reason except that you provide value in return. Your enjoyment is your own business.
True, what I'm saying is that if we can create jobs that also provide enjoyment, we shouldn't be so quick to destroy them for the sake of greater efficiency because that provides social benefits beyond immediate financial ones. Of course, from your previous responses, you probably have more than enough money not to care about that and that's a typical response from the better off in society: screw you, I got mine.