I think he’s on to something here.
Plenty of people scoff at AI — “It’s not going to be sentient”, “It won’t take my job”, “New jobs will appear and humans will just do new jobs”, etc.
I think AI (fancy logic processing) is going to be transformative. I think that at a minimum, 50% of the people in this country will not be contributing any labor to the national economy. What does that mean? What will they do? How will they pay bills? Who will be shopping and buying products if so many people no longer earn wages?
It’s not a joke. Society will have to come up with answers on this topic.
And I think Weinstein does well to point out the previous Big Change. Contraception and abortion changed society and specifically changed women. That seems undeniable. Has society been able to adjust to the sexual changes of the past 65 years? I would say “not well”.
We were not really prepared for the sexual revolution which is ongoing and I see no real preparation for the social changes which will come when “work” becomes a very different thing.
The cable company is going to drill underground to get to our house. Got an email saying “Your existing utilities have been marked! We’ll let you know within 24 hours when we will install the new cable.”
I’m pretty sure nobody was marking our utilities but my wife made me look. “Nope no marks.” Called the cable people. “Oh - they are marked digitally. Our crews are very professional, you have nothing to worry about.”
Anybody that does this type of work knows that the utility plans don’t show where the stuff actually was installed.
I bet you half this country doesn’t meaningfully contribute to the economy allready and the solution is the same, handouts, now with a slice of population control
“50% of the people in this country will not be contributing any labor to the national economy”
I would say at least 50% of all the jobs now contribute absolutely nothing to the economy and even more cost the economy.
True, that!
Contraception and abortion didn't make men hornier or more reckless, it didn't make them more desirous of getting into a young lady's knickers.
Since women have (biologically) always borne the heavier burden from pregnancy and early child-care, and also (socially) been subject to greater shame when bearing children out of wedlock, contraception and abortion should be viewed chiefly as instruments of female empowerment.
And we can plainly see where that has gotten us!
Regards,
“I think that at a minimum, 50% of the people in this country will not be contributing any labor to the national economy.”
If the economy is stable then the most obvious solution is to reduce the number of non-contributors. Stop ALL immigration for a few decades. Identify and then encourage those who do not want to assimilate to seek a life outside the USA. This can be done easily by derailing the gravy train.
“I think AI (fancy logic processing) “
I like that definition of AI, which my wife still calls “A1”.
>> I think that at a minimum, 50% of the people in this country will not be contributing any labor to the national economy. What does that mean? What will they do? How will they pay bills? Who will be shopping and buying products if so many people no longer earn wages?
Why do you think “The Great Reset” calls for wiping out vast swaths of humanity? The elites only need so many servants, the rest of humanity are of no use to them.
Contraception and abortion also changed men, completely freeing them from the need to impress a mate.
They can screw women without consequences so long as there isn’t a baby. Contraception and abortion made that “friends with benefits” thing possible.
Now we have lazy, entitled men who behave like children and women sometimes adopt them and tend them like children, because these boys do not deserve the status of head of household when all they do is game all day. They are never willing to commit . They are actually content in the role of a child, and if they get sex too then they are in heaven.
There’s no commitment to family, children, church, community, … and for some, no country.
AI will have the same overall effect as pushing women into the workplace — little to none in regards actually building and maintaining civilization.
Women do not build — check out any manual working area. They admin, for sure. AI will destroy those jobs in a few years.
Anything that needs actual physical touching will be unaffected by AI. Humans need to do that stuff and it is 99% male.