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		trashtensor 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nobody knows how to build with AI yet Why would that happen when they can have mandatory 50 hour work weeks?

HWR_14 3 months ago | [–]

Mass unemployment with some people working 50+ hours a week will have to lead to something changing. Capped work hours? UBI?

AtlasBarfed 3 months ago | [–]

People keep thinking the Jetsons is going to happen.

Soylent Green is a lot closer to the reality of capitalism.

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