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1. fwlr · 1790297624 · focus · HN ↗

   Yes, the physics are worse, and yes, the economics are worse, but data centers in space have the crucial advantage that they are out of range of the molotov-throwing arm of Joe Public (recently unemployed).

   1. ETH_start · 1790304560 · focus · HN ↗

      There is no evidence that AI will increase unemployment.

      1. King-Aaron · 1790306122 · focus · HN ↗

         This is what AI was fucking promoted as being for! The utopia where machines do all our work and we receive universal basic income to enjoy our freedoms.

         Taking away work was exactly the premise it was sold under.

         1. krapp · 1790306434 · focus · HN ↗

            >This is what AI was fucking promoted as being for! The utopia where machines do all our work and we receive universal basic income to enjoy our freedoms.

            No one promised any utopia of any sort. The only promise was that AI would put people out of work. The rest is just some naive Star Trek bullshit that was never on the table.

            1. lofaszvanitt · 1790307247 · focus · HN ↗

               And people fattened up these companies with their own money :DDD. And now all they do is pouring excrement on the populace.
            2. King-Aaron · 1790313092 · focus · HN ↗

               I can tell you that almost every single enthusiastic proponent of the technology I've ever spoken to has pretty much guaranteed this is where it takes us... But correct, its naïve as hell.
            3. reverius42 · 1790319771 · focus · HN ↗

               Sam Altman has been promising utopia (and talking about UBI) ever since he's been involved with OpenAI.

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