• HarmlessCake@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 hours ago

    So communism? I assume the richest man in the world has no interest in the money going worthless. Only talk promising impossible things to leave the AI bubble alive

  • Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Nobody with all the money is going to willingly make money irrelevant, unless they can preserve their power in some other fashion.

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      It’s not possible because the people who have the power to make that happen would never let it happen. I don’t care who they are.

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      “Societal and technological advancements need to go hand in hand”

      • Kelly from The Orville

      I think computers are a good [current] example of when tech got ahead of society. Especially the Internet but moreso the ability to make complex systems that don’t require as much direct human interaction.

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    8 hours ago

    “It’s much harder to grow vegetables in your backyard, but some people still do it because they like growing vegetables,” Musk added.

    The world’s richest man, ladies and gentlemen.

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      Having a backyard or any space to grow plants is a privilege many don’t have, besides the fact that vegetables don’t like extreme climates

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      That is so right up there with some of the scummiest things CEOs have ever said.

      The Heinz CEO tells us to “get used to it” about inflation.

      And then Nestle over there, saying about how water is not a human right.

      These rich fuckheads totally operate on a different world than our own.

  • Foni@lemmy.zip
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    7 hours ago

    This guy was going to put a man on Mars by 2015 and make the hyperloop the next big thing; with the latter, he prevented investment in trains in the USA. After hearing this, I can only recommend that you join a union; you’re going to need it.

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    7 hours ago

    Fuck that guy for saying that. Just asked for 1trillion dollars at Tesla, and now he wants to sell you a dream that money is irrelevant.

    Money is his only power. No way.

  • jaykrown@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    We need a New New Deal to get anywhere near that. First we’re going to experience mass unemployment for about a year. Then after people have been severely pissed off with no opportunities for a couple months, then things will actually start changing.

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    People have been talking about “post scarcity” since forever.

    Yes, in the far distant future people will be able to have things they need and not have to work. AI will also exist in that future.

    However, I don’t think anyone believes that future will arrive in the next decade.

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      The issue is that, UBI is a contested subject. It is the answer to what’s happening with automation.

      And nobody is touching it but lets continue giving these few people all the money in the world and little leftover for everyone to fight over.

  • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 hours ago

    If money is going to be irrelevant, then he should give his all away right now. Get ahead of that curve.