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tern | 21 days ago

If you want to play that game, you need to offer a fair comparison against the cost of "operating" the equivalent human being(s), measured in caloric input, waste output, etc.

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strogonoff|21 days ago

Minimising the cost of “operating” humans means getting rid of humans. When human beings are not slaves and operate in a fair system, humans doing things is part humans living. Believe it or not, they may actually enjoy doing things; taking away the ability to do things we enjoy, and especially for compensation, is in fact harmful.

tern|20 days ago

Historically, it leads to more humans—not fewer—and they get to do something else. Whether the new things they get to do are better is a matter of some debate.