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Mortal-Region t1_iw29o15 wrote

Good thing we can vote. It won't be corporations that institute a UBI, it'll be governments. You speak of a sinister, all-powerful "they," but if they are so powerful and corrupt, why do we have a minimum wage? Why is there free healthcare? (Or in the US, why are corporations required to provide it?) Why is slavery illegal? Why are there safety regulations, child labor laws, pollution laws, etc, etc, etc.

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Johnny_Glib t1_iw2agz7 wrote

>why do we have minimum wage?

The labour force still has power. With full automation that bargaining power is gone.

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Mortal-Region t1_iw2bguk wrote

The minimum wage is a law enacted by government. We can vote.

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OneRedditAccount2000 t1_iw2lxnh wrote

A government or state/nation isn't made of magic, it's made of people that can be killed, or corrupted by those who will own ASI, or by ASI itself if it becomes sentient.

At the end of the day it's might makes right. All rules are just social constructs enforced by consequences that try to deter those who want to break them.

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Mortal-Region t1_iw49bj8 wrote

No need for magic. The three-branches idea is working pretty well.

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OneRedditAccount2000 t1_iw4a9mc wrote

Yeah. AI can just kill all of you with nanobots or a virus. Give it enough time and it will have full control over everything that runs on electricity. You won't even see it coming when you all start dropping like flies.

God doesn't give a shit about your silly states lol

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Mortal-Region t1_iw4bf1q wrote

Well, speaking of magic... people without technical knowledge of the subject tend to imagine advanced AI as some kind of abstract, sinister Force that will encompass the globe and eradicate humanity. But when you get more concrete about it, it's not nearly so threatening.

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OneRedditAccount2000 t1_iw4bvbq wrote

I'm thinking long term here.

All they need is for you to make a few mistakes.

It's competition, not magic

you have no knowledge of advanced ai either, it doesn't exist

alpha go isnt ASI

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