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[–] 152 points 5 months ago (10 children)

“Significant productivity in the economy is going to raise the standard of living,” he said. “People who today have two-earner households, they’ll become one-earner households. Maybe some people who are working overtime will stop working overtime.”

I fucking love it when the exact people who make it their life's mission not to pay their employees living wages so that they can hoard wealth like an evil dragon come out and tell us that the new tech they are using to replace us will make us rich. Really fucking Jeff? How about we eat you and take it? That's the only way I see it happening.

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  • [–] 51 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    No, he said two-earner households, will become one-earner households, he didn't mention* anyone will become rich**, just that one person from the household will become unemployed.

    (* at least he didn't mention it in the cited fragment. I didn't read the entire thing, my time is too precious, I must waste it on writing comments instead of reading sources.) (** Of course he will become richer, but that's the obvious part of the idea and doesn't need to be mentioned)

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (4 children)

    How exactly will two earner households become one earner households without one of the earners making double the money?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    The theory here is that if everyone is twice as productive, everything costs half as much in relation to what people earn.

    Of course that doesn't work unless there's heavy competition in the market for everything.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I've heard many a time from many a booster that AI will lead to UBI. This reminds me of that. CEOs selling delusion in a desperate attempt to distract from the reality, always claiming better lives are just around the next corner.

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