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Intractable

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11. The AI apocolypse is not Skynet, where the robots hunt people.

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 01:43 AM

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Rather, it will be the massive collapse of society because the common people will have no means to make a living, and a government that will not implement universal basic income.

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AI Is a Threat to Everything the American People Hold Dear -- Bernie Sanders WSJ OpEd [View all] usonian Sunday OP

Tax every job AI takes and remove the multigraincracker Sunday #1

Legislators, when let out of their coffins, are addicted to the millions in bribes. usonian Sunday #2

I know, I follow the money. multigraincracker Sunday #3

Maybe something like a Value Added Tax Fichefinder Sunday #4

VAT is government heroin DFW Yesterday #13

No amount of taxes will deal with other harm caused by AI, especially how it dumbs down users, highplainsdem Sunday #5

Seems the younger folks are more on to it. multigraincracker Sunday #6

The answer Blue Full Moon Sunday #8

I grew up listening to Alan Watts on college radio stations. And in the 60's? No wonder I'm so radical. usonian Sunday #9

4 am Sunday mornings on the radio. multigraincracker Yesterday #10

This was the discussion since I took robotics in 1985. Blue Full Moon Sunday #7

The AI apocolypse is not Skynet, where the robots hunt people. Intractable Yesterday #11

For the record, back here in the physical world DFW Yesterday #12