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Comment Weasel words (Score 4, Insightful) 38

"AI may become radically more powerful over the next 10 years,"

Or the bubble could burst, with companies already realizing that AI costs more than the employees it replaced.

"This could drive an unprecedented transformation of our economy, larger than the Industrial Revolution, but unfolding over a vastly shorter time frame."

Or the bubble could burst, with companies already realizing that AI costs more than the employees it replaced.

"It could bring risks, including large-scale job displacement, as well as opportunities such as major gains in living standards."

Or the bubble could burst, with companies already realizing that AI costs more than the employees it replaced.

"We must be intentional and make collective, democratic choices, rather than letting market forces play out"

Which is to say, communists advocate for communism, whatever buzzword they call it this week, because the only way they can have expensive toys is to be on the dole.

Comment There is a real issue there (Score 4, Insightful) 120

"A minor child who downloads a software application from an app store agrees to contractual terms of service, "

Which a minor cannot, legally, do. Without the parent agreeing to the terms, there's no enforceable contract.

The counterpoint is, of course, the impossibility of verifying anyone's age online without pissing off a lot of people who really shouldn't be on the internet to begin with.

No good answers, or even good questions.

Comment Re:$500 million (Score 1) 92

If workers are actually being displaced by AI, then $500 million would be a nice start towards a fund intended to help displaced workers taking lower-paying jobs and/or starting businesses of their own

Yeah, I'm sure that less than an hour's pay each at minimum wage (or, to be precise, about $3 each) will solve everyone's problems.

Steal a hundred billion dollars from evil rich people and it adds up to about $600 per worker in the US. Which is to say, less than a week's pay at minimum wage in most states.

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