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• dan@upvote.au ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think people don’t realise that if AI fails, it’s pretty much guaranteed to collapse the US economy.

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  • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Don’t you worry it’s gonna have a global impact againjudt like it did in 08. Imagine losing your job in Italy for instance cause some bankers got ultra rich in the US. What a dumb fucking world.

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    • dan@upvote.au ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t think 2008 really had a significant effect in Australia. I don’t remember hearing much about it.

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    • unphazed@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ha! Jokes on you. My state is so poor it was the least affected by the 2008 crisis. Wait, that still sucks, only more…

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    • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I didn’t feel anything of it in Europe.

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      • juanito_the_great@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It destroyed the budget of scientific research in Spain. I was a Spanish researcher then. There was a point when universities couldn’t pay us the grant that the government had already assigned to us. Some of my peers missed rent. I heard stories of Spanish PhD. students stranded all over the world. I quit research (my dream job at the time) because of this crisis and never came back to it.

        Happy you felt nothing in your happy little bubble.

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      • ranzispa@mander.xyz ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I know plenty people who are currently homeless in Europe originally lost their job following the 2008 crash.

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Do it, do it, do it, do it!

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  • 13igTyme@piefed.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ve lived though several “one in a live time” crashes.

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  • hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Meh, not really a full collapse. Just like 75% of it and a huuuuge recession. Or maybe a “Tiny Depression”? Basically, 10 years to recover. Which is where we’re going anyway, with out without AI.

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    • relativestranger@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      10 years on top of the generations to recover from economic and social policy being shat out by a deranged geriatric.

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      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        the remaining question is if its effects are additive or multiplicative

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      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        the remaining question is if its effects are additive or multiplicative

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  • Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Fine.

    The market is a joke, needs massive corrections.

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  • OwOarchist@pawb.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yep, either way, your job is toast.

    AI succeeds: AI takes your job.

    AI fails: Economy crashes and you lose your job due to the crash.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s not if but when. Hopefully sooner rather than later. And you’re a fool if you think the implications won’t be felt around the world. Just like they were when Americans rammed the housing market into the ground. We live in a global economy.

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  • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And if AI doesn’t fail, people will be unemployed.

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  • Ilixtze@lemmy.ml ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That would be awesome thank you

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  • pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Don’t threaten us with a good time.

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• UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

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