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jstummbillig | 7 days ago

> You're assuming that the gains from productivity improvements distribute themselves broadly

No, I am assuming the opposite. I agree: We do need political intervention.

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SirensOfTitan|7 days ago

Right. So then when is the best time for labor to act to ensure those mechanisms are put in place? Before or after AI has eliminated its leverage?

Like I totally realize we're agreed in some sense, but some form of socialism now in the US seems politically untenable, and as soon as AI actually starts making service labor obsolete, we lose our leverage. How do we do something about it?

jstummbillig|7 days ago

How do you mean "eliminating the leverage"? White collar jobs go first, robots are right behind. I am relatively certain everyone will be scared shitless of where this is potentially going fairly soon.

The leverage will simply come from existing and being in the same group as roughly ~everyone on the planet.