Blocking all progress on climate change in order to squeeze every last ounce of profit out of the fossil fuel industry…and then watching the world burn from their private orbital habitat.

Is that why it’s getting so downvoted?

These idiots are just so drunk on their own bullshit.

Isn’t this currently what Russia is trying to do with their internet?

Yes.

Something, something…Don Quixote, I think.

Imagine believing that just thinking about your job, equates to “working”. Give me a break.

And obviously there was a reason she made this request.

Then you need to fire your accountant…or start taking their advice. Either way, you’re doing it wrong.

No one in the US pays 30% income tax. Only the top 10% have to pay more than 30%…and they’re rich enough to qualify for so many tax breaks at that point, that their effective rate is less than half that.

Don’t forget duct tape.

But not for pollination?

Because most of their big money donors are also on the list.

Whelp. Better slap some tariffs on that shit, fast. It’s the only way to fix it. /s

When I was young (in the late 80’s) it was Air Jordans.

But, on top of being teased for not having them, you would also get jumped by kids who wanted to steal them from you.

If AI can replace so many people that there aren’t jobs for them all, wouldn’t that also mean AI is producing enough to sustain those people, jobs or not?

Unfortunately, that isn’t what’s happening. AI isn’t “producing” anything that people need to survive. It’s just replacing people. We aren’t seeing any net gains to society that would be able to support so many people no longer being needed in the workforce.

If they were training AI to produce food, build housing or anything that people actually need more of right now, I would say you are absolutely correct to assume that people would be just fine with this transition. But that’s not what they’re using AI for.

Optimistically, AI could and definitely should be used for those things…and the logical conclusion would be to implement a form of UBI so that we can all benefit from this. But do you honestly see that happening?

I don’t. And I think that’s what OP is also seeing. We aren’t ready, as a species, to make that transition yet. There isn’t even the slightest intention on behalf of our current leadership, of providing for an entire population of jobless people. They will ultimately be left to fend for themselves. And as it stands right now, society isn’t equipped to function with that kind of excess population.

It’s not necessary about their “value” to society. People need to eat in order to survive. That means having a way of supporting themselves. Having no way of supporting themselves means a lot of people are going to die.

I’d say that’s a net negative to society.

And the problem runs deeper than “retraining” or “upskilling”. With the emergence of technologies that replace human workers…there will simply be a massive excess of unemployed workers hitting the market. Period. Skills or not. Where are they going to work, when there are now ten people applying for every available job?

Lol! What the actual fuck? No.

This is why you can’t have rational conversations with Americans.

Compared to the Cybertruck’s design, I don’t think having a LIDAR antenna on top of the car is so bad.