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Matthew28

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2. They're automating

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2026, 12:55 PM

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and doing things kind of like the factory and computers before them. Just another leap in the path of progress.

I believe a.i at its core needs to automate food production to do away with hunger and then poverty all together or it could become a negative. Of course with such leaps we have a great deal of pain and uncertainly ahead of us.

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