Yep there is a deep attachment amongst AI boosters to certain doom and gloom scenarios that stem from their philosophical "think tanks" which use imaginary problems (e.g. "AGI 'misalignment' destroying the world through turning everything into paperclips") to lobby and alter our laws to benefit their real bosses -- anthropic, open ai, and friends.
I like how there's just no bar at all for real estate. You can commit outright fucking fraud in your listings using AI and worst you get is a "whoopsie daisy" style article written about you.
Sure, but I'm not particularly interested in UBI. I think it makes the status quo income and wealth inequality permanent and sets it on a course to be ever expanding.
If the overwhelming majority of able-bodied and sound-minded people cannot be organized to do useful work in the system you have, the system is inadequate, and needs to be supplemented.
This country is falling apart physically and psychologically. There's enough work for anyone willing to do it to repair this place for a lifetime.
I have a different idea. The government should provide a jobs guarantee. There are plenty of things that need to be fixed in this country, and Jim can apply whatever skills he has to fixing some of them.
Masturbating in private.