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UncommercializedKat t1_jbsyx1d wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in With a universal income, will we stop working? by berlinparisexpress

Yeah, arguing that nobody will want to work if UBI is enacted is like saying that nobody would spend a decade in college to become a doctor when you could be a janitor instead. People will always want more money and to have a job they are passionate about and gives them a sense of fulfillment.

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czk_21 t1_jbumz8i wrote

the main argument for UBI is not really about wanting/not wanting to work but about not being able to- because AI can do whatever you would at much higher efficiency and it will not need lot of human coworkers, in other words there wont be enough work offered to meet the demand

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UncommercializedKat t1_jbvhp7v wrote

I think people in the future might assign a value to a human-made work higher than than that of an AI work which will be nearly free. I think there will be plenty of work for those who want to work and we will have plenty of leisure time as well. I know that many years ago people thought electricity/steam engines would replace work and people would be unemployed but they didn't realize how much more complex the world could become and how many new jobs would be invented. At some point, all needs and wants will be automatically met and technology won't be able to advance any further but at that point we won't need money either.

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czk_21 t1_jbx98rt wrote

there wont be new jobs at least not to the extent to replace old ones

why would you value human work more when AI can do it 1000+x better and 1000+x cheaper...I mean in context of hiring someone, you could value human art more for example for "authenticity" not that it would be better

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DanFlashesSales t1_jc0tuvq wrote

>I think people in the future might assign a value to a human-made work higher than than that of an AI work which will be nearly free.

Hopefully at some point in the future humans will move beyond market economics so the whole question would be irrelevant.

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