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‘Godfather of AI’ says tech giants can’t profit from their astronomical investments unless human labor is replaced | Fortune (fortune.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Sunflier@lemmy.world to c/futurology@lemmy.world

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This guy is basically saying a lot of people will have to die (starvation) for the good of the ecconomy. When have I heard that before? Seems like there was a plague recently, and they said this very thing then too. What was it again?

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[–] r0ertel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I read a blog that said that this is the reason that some off the 1% are in favor of Universal Basic Income (UBI). If 99% of the workimg class are laid off and given government UBI checks (just enough to stay alive) that they can spend for the things they need,then that is as close to companiws being given government checks just because. After that, it becomes who can build the biggest company to take all of the money.