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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Even so, you don't need one AI programmer for every robot. A few programmers can write software for millions of robots.
Eventually the AI will be able to program itself. It's unrealistic to expect everyone to become an auto mechanic and it's unrealistic to expect everyone to become an AI programmer.
There's a good reason why governments are considering a basic income, because they know there will be lots of people without anything to do.
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During the civil war in the US the GDP of the North rose even though most of the men went to fight in the war. At the same time the GDP of the South collapsed even though most of the work was done by slaves who did not go to the war. Mechanization allowed women to do the farm work that used to require several men.
Ever since the industrial and technological revolutions people have been frightened that the changes would result in everyone losing their jobs, hence the term "luddite" due to a movement to destroy the machines.
But the machines have freed us up to do other work. Women no longer need to be drudges. Yes, their jobs of cooking and cleaning were to a large part replaced by machines, but that simply freed them up to do other work. What woman wants to return to a time of washboards and grinding flour?