Comment on Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where 'machines can make all the food and stuff' isn't a bad idea
sartalon@lemmy.world 7 months ago
We will absolutely have automation but the workers will just be fired and all profits will be absorbed by the stockholder.
No cost savings will be passed on the other consumer either.
billiam0202@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The problem is that would be wildly unstable. The capitalist class can’t sell automated-produced goods if people don’t have any money because they’re unemployed.
However, those mass layoffs will make this quarter’s numbers go up, and everything else is a problem for next quarter, which is why they’ll do it.
DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
They’ll milk it until society crumbles putting Bandaids® on problems until revolution.
kablammy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Once AI and robots can do/make anything they want on demand, they won’t even need money, so don’t need to make money by selling stuff. For sure, they will probably have a tough time transitioning from the idea of making money, but they won’t need to any more.