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		somewhat_drunk on March 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pausing AI Developments Isn't Enough. We Need to S... The purpose of an economy isn't to create jobs, it's to create wealth. Jobs are just how we've traditionally incentivized wealth creation and distributed said wealth. Automation will be good for humanity in the long run, assuming we don't destroy ourselves during the transition.

throwaway5959 on March 30, 2023 [–]

I hope so. I’d love to live in Star Trek more than I’d like to live in Blade Runner (as cool as a world it is from an aesthetic standpoint).

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