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Emotional_Section_59 t1_j7b852i wrote

Reply to comment by blablanonymous in [N] GitHub CEO on why open source developers should be exempt from the EU’s AI Act by EmbarrassedHelp

The industrial revolution was horrible in the short term, but without it, we would still be serfs with an objectively worse standard of living.

Also, technology is the best shot we have at achieving a post-scarcity society.

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blablanonymous t1_j7b9vpd wrote

Well exactly. The question is can we have progress AND some level of stability for society? Imagine if AI does destroy millions of jobs and these workers cannot adapt instantly. What do you think will happen? Poverty homelessness. Do you think people will just accept their fate for the greater Progress? No, if it reaches a certain critical point, that will create a lot of instability. How do you think these people will vote? Who do you think politicians will pick as scapegoats to capitalize on that anger? I work in AI. There is a lot of good that be done with it, but thinking about the impact on society is necessary.

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Emotional_Section_59 t1_j7bfaex wrote

>Imagine if AI does destroy millions of jobs and these workers cannot adapt instantly. What do you think will happen?

Those who lost their jobs can be provided with a Universal Basic Income funded by the businesses that made them redundant. That way businesses save on costs while people don't lose a cent. I concede it's very idealistic but it's definitely possible, dare I say even likely should democracy not collapse.

I think it would be more productive to plan ahead in a similar vein to the paragraph above instead of attempting to barricade the march of progress.

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blablanonymous t1_j7bjxca wrote

These are interesting ideas but will obviously never happen without some legislation. There has to be a public debate for society to decide what is ok or not if we’re really on the verge of truly deep changes in the economy.

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