Tiger Jerusalem@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 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-squaremessage-square219fedilinkarrow-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@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square219fedilink
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down8·4 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-squarepiyuv@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 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-squaresoratoyuki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 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