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Bill Gates Thinks AI Taking Everyone's Jobs Could be a Good Thing (businessinsider.com)
Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, thinks that artificial intelligence will take over a lot of jobs and ultimately will be a good thing. From a report:
In an interview, Gates said that robots taking over our jobs will make us more efficient, and lead to more free time. "Well, certainly we can look forward to the idea that vacations will be longer at some point," Gates told Fox Business. "If we can actually produce twice as much as we make today with less labor, the purpose of humanity is not just to sit behind a counter and sell things, you know?"
Why does it need to be paid at all? Why should wealth be stolen, at the force of a government gun, from people who have and who are making mney? Handouts are what charities are for. All this will do is encourage laziness and drug addiction.
People can adapt. They just need to stop thinking buggy whips, start thinking cars.