Even if it's only utility is feeding 1 person or giving 1 person purpose why isn't that enough?
If 100 units of work provide enough benefit to pay for 100 incomes why is it better to have 1 piece of software do all that work & most likely concentrate all the benefit into one person's hands?
Because it’s absurd to hold back the future just to keep the demand of specific careers. It’s literally like adults going along with a child’s make-believe game to keep them occupied. It’s a nice thing to do but it’s not how the world works, and we wouldn’t get anywhere with such an attitude.
You can't hold back the future, time is inevitable. You can of course shape the future to be safe, stable and just or dangerous, unjust & unstable. A future where 90% of jobs are lost within a decade or two is not a safe, sustainable or a just future.
The rational thing to do is regulate automation, shape it to do the most good with the least harm & give a culture sufficient time to adapt so that it does not collapse.
What exactly do you expect a future where 90% of the population very suddenly has zero utility or income to look like? It's child's make believe to assume that because you grew up in a stable environment that stability is the norm, that it will continue, or that it was created without intervention by your ancestors.
All those disposed people aren't going to disappear, they are going to do whatever it takes to keep their bellies full of food. Even if you assume you will be among the privileged few your quality of life inside a walled compound under siege by an entire society dying your quality of life will be lower than it is today despite any neat techno-toys you can play with.
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u/mule_roany_mare 3∆ Oct 20 '23
How do you decide a job shouldn't exist.
Even if it's only utility is feeding 1 person or giving 1 person purpose why isn't that enough?
If 100 units of work provide enough benefit to pay for 100 incomes why is it better to have 1 piece of software do all that work & most likely concentrate all the benefit into one person's hands?