we will be no closer to some kind of 8-hour workweek utopia.
If you haven’t read this, it’s short and worth the time. The short work week utopia is one of two possible outcomes imagined: marshallbrain.com/manna1
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ferb@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoThis is exactly the result. No matter how advanced AI gets, unless the singularity is realized, we will be no closer to some kind of 8-hour workweek utopia. These AI Silicon Valley fanatics are the same ones saying that basic social welfare programs are naive and un-implementable - so why would they suddenly change their entire perspective on life?
MangoCats@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
This vision of the AI making everything easier always leaves out the part where nobody has a job as a result.
Sure you can relax on a beach, you have all the time in the world now that you are unemployed. The disconnect is mind boggling.
MangoCats@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
Universal Base Income - it’s either that or just kill all the un-necessary poor people.