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A little fanciful speculation here.

Think of AI giving us what I call the “Star Trek Economy”.
What’s “Star Trek Economy”? Did you ever see anyone in all the Star Trek iterations with a job - particularly a private sector job? Maybe one episode?

Before we think that’s wonderful, let’s just think about the social chaos & dysfunction that taking away the American Indian livelihood caused in their society. A little closer to our times - loss of blue-collar jobs & the removal of the need of a breadwinner in the urban centers. Think of that continuing chaos! Now that’s currently being repeated in flyover country with the loss of blue-collar jobs. The growing chaos, strikingly similar to the urban version is mostly white. Proves these things have nothing to do with race! We see the same rise of social ills crime, drugs, etc. we have in the inner cities!

I think the “Star Trek Economy” will cause a social explosion the likes you have never seen!

That’s the threat of AI not “Colossus - The Forbin Project” (SciFi film)! AI being used to replace jobs & then coupled with the government’s handling of it & the social problems compounding it.

People need to work and maintain some independence from Uncle Sucker!