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highplainsdem

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14. That's how AI companies are selling generative AI to businesses - as a replacement for workers.

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #13)

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:52 PM

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And while they're doing that, they tell workers not to worry because the AI will just assist humans and make their work easier.

And if a lot of people get laid off, some AI bros say, AI will have led to so much prosperity that there will definitely be UBI, and people can just relax and do whatever they want to do.

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