Tiger Jerusalem to No Stupid Questions • 2 months agoIf everyone is fired by AI, who's going to buy the products and services made by the companies if no one has money anymore?message-square219arrow-up1374arrow-down122
arrow-up1352arrow-down1message-squareIf everyone is fired by AI, who's going to buy the products and services made by the companies if no one has money anymore?Tiger Jerusalem to No Stupid Questions • 2 months agomessage-square219
minus-squareBlackLaZoRlinkfedilink-7•2 months agoThat’s economic ignorance - the more AI is used to produce goods, the cheaper they are - so you have to work less to fulfill your needs.
minus-square@piyuvlink16•2 months agoHell yeah! People in 50s and even 20s worked 40 hours per week to feed a family of 4! Now we can do that by working much less than… wait, not even 2 working parents safely feed a family of 4? Even with all the gains in productivity?
minus-square@soratoyukilink11•2 months agoExactly this. That’s why groceries have dropped in price the last decade as cashiers are replaced by automated self checkouts. /s
That’s economic ignorance - the more AI is used to produce goods, the cheaper they are - so you have to work less to fulfill your needs.
Hell yeah! People in 50s and even 20s worked 40 hours per week to feed a family of 4! Now we can do that by working much less than… wait, not even 2 working parents safely feed a family of 4? Even with all the gains in productivity?
Exactly this. That’s why groceries have dropped in price the last decade as cashiers are replaced by automated self checkouts. /s