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haele

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8. Not a new prediction, this has been a 30 year trainwreck in progress...So, what is his solution?

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 10:25 PM

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I remember he was a starry eyed pro-tech rich guy just a couple years ago.
He just realized how stupidly greedy and selfish and unsustainable a cyber dystopia becomes?
AI and robotics are not at the point that a small group of wealthy tech bros and their harems can live in comfortable luxury without worrying about societal collapse that will take them with it.
And the first people that get eaten when it all goes cannibal are the Rich, because there aren't enough of them around to protect themselves -especially from their own mercenaries and servants - once money is useless.

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Andrew Yang claims AI will cause 'jobpocalypse' among white collar workers within the next 18 months [View all] dalton99a Thursday OP

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Your 15 minutes were up long ago. Andrew DBoon Thursday #4

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