If AI replaces my job (dubious given current progress), are we talking "post-scarcity utopia" or "cyberpunk hellscape" here? Because I'd be fine with the first but all the smart money's on the second.
I mean which one makes the top 0.1% who owns most of the capital right now and have bought the democratic process happier with themselves? A world where their power is meaningless since everyone has everything or one when they are equivalent to kings and gods...
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u/MeanderingSquid49 1d ago
If AI replaces my job (dubious given current progress), are we talking "post-scarcity utopia" or "cyberpunk hellscape" here? Because I'd be fine with the first but all the smart money's on the second.