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Bridgewater, the US's biggest hedge fund, has a truly bizarre take on AI and robots replacing human workers. (www.bridgewater.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Lugh to c/futurology

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Robots replacing the majority of human labour doesn't seem like an inherently bad idea, and it could ultimately result in a stable Star Trek style post-scarcity economy. The challenge will be getting to that state with as little economic and societal collapse as possible. What tools can we to implement now to increase our chances of a smooth transition? Would establishing UBI be beneficial?

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

"people who want $1000 a month UBI don't seem to realize their rent will go up $1000 next month." Decommodification. We are post-scarcity in many areas, but are still getting charged for it because of commodity and profit-motive.