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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 70 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The legal reasoning cuts through corporate justifications—AI implementation is a voluntary business decision, not an unforeseeable catastrophe.

It makes sense. Nobody is ready to figure out what to do with those workers cause the chuds of the world are afraid of what happens when you give people UBI (they want to lord over other people through wealth and inequality)

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are definitely worse worlds than one where UBI is what comes out of the AI race... One can dream.

[–] evenglow@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

It's not a dream. It's a requirement.

The alternative is a nightmare.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 66 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I like this, and so should anyone who wants to see China on an ethical gradient, not black or white. This is unironically one of the advantages of centralized, authoritarian and undemocratic government: you can make decisions like this, just like that. And sometimes these decisions are good, far-sighted.

Now let's not forget about the downsides of China's totalitarianism.

[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 15 points 1 week ago

I appreciate your nuanced take of recognising achievements where they are made for humans and humanity, while also recognising that no country is perfect and that we are allowed to ask for more from our government and a better future for ourselves without exploitation.

Something most of the tankies can't seem to appreciate for themselves.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 12 points 1 week ago

US government is gonna use this to talk about how anti ai movements are "cawmmunist"

[–] T156@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

This doesn't seem like a totalitarianism issue, though. The High or Supreme courts (other courts are available) could rule that replacement with AI is not a valid reason for termination of employment, and the result would be much the same.

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[–] Karmanopoly@lemmy.world 64 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Nobody's considered who is gonna buy all the stuff when all the employees are laid off

[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 40 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The future is two corporations, eternally B2Bing back and forth across the desiccated husk of the Earth. A perfect, all-encompassing synergy.

[–] Snowcano@startrek.website 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This feels like the makings of a good one-off SciFi short in an anthology book or something.

[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago

They already did it. An episode of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams.

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Alien earth pretty much covers this utopia (sarcasm) already. Few huge corporations run earth as a corporatocracy.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think a statistic I saw recently was that nearly 50% of American consumer spending is attributed to the top 10% of consumers.

Which would largely indicate that it doesn't matter because those who have the money will continue to spend it and those that don't will continue to get poorer.

[–] Humana@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is what's happening to Vegas, the number of visitors is dropping but the casino profit is increasing. The city no longer caters to the middle class but to millionaires.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Do Vegas casinos own a sizeable stake in online gaming? If so, it would be interesting to see what part of those increasing profits are due to us poors spending on online gaming increasing while we never set foot in Vegas.

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[–] MrFinnbean@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I have always loved the saying: Lie, outrageous lie, statistic.

Data is a wonderfull thing, but it often can be really easily to be presented in a way, that while being true, is not representing the truth.

Like if we would just look the numbers containing just necessities and remove the luxury products it would not be that lopsided.

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[–] magnue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well I guess if you have millions of robot slaves you don't need the people anymore at all.

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[–] Blackout@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Who cares, the Dow is at a record high! Wish I didnt have to eat tree bark tho

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 31 points 1 week ago (3 children)

China definitely doesn't want that many workers suddenly disenfranchised and angry

[–] Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago

Naturally? God forbid a country considers the welfare of its workers.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Why does the Chinese government worry about sudden mass unemployment in a way Western governments do not?

[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're walking a thin line between restrictive policies and QoL guarantees.

It's hard to explain as a non-native English speaker but they basically guarantee an acceptable way of living with mobility, housing, jobs and other stuff in exchange for control, surveillance and censorship.

In Western government the equation looks different, at least for now.

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[–] flandish@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

because there’s billions of workers to riot as compared to say a few hundred million in the US.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Ding ding ding

[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This kicks the can down the road a bit, but I don’t see how this is cause for celebration. Businesses will just open a new company and avoid having that company hiring humans to escape labor laws that relate to job elimination. This can all likely be escaped with a little legal hopscotch.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

That's what regulation is.

Making things inconvenient over and over again so worse things don't happen, or take significantly longer and require more concerted effort to happen. It's a good thing. We should make it harder for bad actors to do shitty things.

Pretending something is pointless because it may not be 100% effective is absurd.

[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Pretending something is pointless because it may not be 100% effective is absurd.

I feel like this point needs to be made more and more lately. Perfect is the enemy of better.

[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Eating is also just kicking the can down the road, you'll just get hungry again later.

I never understood this kind of argument. Everything is just kicking the can down the road, that doesn't make it not worthwhile.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Honestly I think its China just protecting its economy, western businesses are already finding that AI now costs more than just hiring humans and gives a worse output, the chinese government is just preventing their own economy from falling into the same trap.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (7 children)

They say they don't want to replace workers. They say they just want to use AI to make existing workers more efficient. Very well; let's hold them to their word.

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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Because China’s government knows the last thing it needs is a bunch of unemployed people.

It’s so weird how single-party rule can sometimes be more responsive to the people. Because there’s no illusion: if the people get unhappy enough, CCP is gone.

Meanwhile the US we live with these bizarre illusions about how the people are truly in power, while our government is driven into the ground by plutocrats and their pet priests.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Will they suceed?

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