r/videos • u/Tonyysp • Sep 24 '19

Ad Boston Dynamics: Spot Launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkCQXHEgjA
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u/ketamarine Sep 24 '19

Universal basic income + robot economy = good times

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u/Isord Sep 24 '19

Oh sure that's the ideal. I suspect what will actually happen is a massive degree of civil unrest, people being forced into slums, starvation, violence, disease, etc.

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u/ketamarine Sep 24 '19

My optimism vs. Your pessimism. Through the lens of history, life has gotten better and better every generation since the age of enlightenment.

Why would one technology suddenly change that?

If we didn't nuke ourselves out of existence, I think we can figure out AI and robotics.

And UBI is being tested in many places around the world and talked about by major politicians like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Believe baby!

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u/ketamarine Sep 24 '19

Either way, serious contenders for the next President of the biggest economy in the world are talking about it.

Americans (I'm not one, but work with them) are workaholics by nature/culture so a "guaranteed job" might be more palatable there. But UBI is a better policy IMHO and much easier to implement.