People were saying the same about microprocessors. AI is following C++, Java, the .com boom etc
- When it breaks lots of capital will be recycled to useful work. The subset of current "AI" that was useful will continue unloved and eventually become boringly mainstream eg screenreaders
- Mass unemployment is unlikely as you'll free up people to do more productive things - as microprocessors did
- It's not a disaster either, it just breaks crapitalism. Our ancestors worked far less.
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