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futureshock on Aug 9, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: I replaced all our blog thumbnails using DALL·E 2

And that is all well and good until the pace of automation outstrips the community's ability to absorb the externality. Then it's not going to be the AI dream future, but heads on spikes. We have hit those points in history before.

hackerlight on Aug 10, 2022 [–]

When has the pace of automation outstripped the ability for the economy to provide near full employment?

Besides. Even if true, the answer isn't to stop innovating.

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