Lopsided-Basket5366 t1_j96uk2v wrote
Reply to comment by Super_Bag_4863 in Brain implant startup backed by Bezos and Gates is testing mind-controlled computing on humans by Tom_Lilja
Which will never happen. Which billionaire is gonna be the first to vaulentarily give away all of their power? I can tell you which it won't be - all of them
MultiverseOfSanity t1_j98khxn wrote
Right? Like, there's not a single billionaire in the world that needs that much money. Nobody needs a billion dollars, let alone 100 billion dollars. They could give up most of their fortune tomorrow, improving life for everybody, and still live like kings. But they won't. Because it's not even about making sure they have theirs. It's about making sure that everybody else doesn't.
Spreadwarnotlove t1_j99m3fp wrote
God. People like you are stupid as hell. These billionaires have most of their money tied up in their businesses. You want to know what would happen if they liquidated their assets to spread the money? Every business from Walmart to Tyson to Amazon to fucking computer manufactures would crumble. Bringing an end to everything you take for granted. Including your loved ones as the resulting famine would kill 90 percent of the population. But hey! At least you have more green pieces of paper.
MultiverseOfSanity t1_j9b5tx6 wrote
That doesn't change anything about the point that these tech companies aren't going to suddenly share their wealth and end capitalism just because they invent AGI.
Spreadwarnotlove t1_j9dx3y8 wrote
No shit they won't end capitalism. But UBIs could easily become the new social security net as those with BCIs that integrate them with AGI still work.
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