lqstuart t1_je0jvt7 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:25 PM

Reply to comment by keepthepace in [D] FOMO on the rapid pace of LLMs by 00001746

100%, I think the US really REALLY needs to figure out a universal basic income soon, and they aren't going to do it and life is going to suck

keepthepace t1_je0u1de wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:30 PM

US is not the only country in the world, maybe they wont be the first one on this thing.

Necessary-Meringue-1 t1_je2r12k wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:58 PM

Large scale automation has been happening for over 200 years (and beyond) and so far it hasn't translated to productivity gains being handed down to workers, so I'm not holding my breath.

slaweks t1_je8220m wrote on March 30, 2023 at 2:09 AM

Really? Average worker life has not imporoved over last 200 years?

Necessary-Meringue-1 t1_je84su5 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 2:30 AM

Of course it has, but those are hard fought gains that are primarily results of WWI, WWII, and the early phases of the Cold War, not productivity gains.

There is no natural law that productivity gains get handed down. Just compare the years 1950-1970 in the US, where life for the average worker improved greatly, to the 1980s onward, since when we've been in a downward trend. There's steady productivity gains over all that.