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RoeVWade

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7. Let's assume the 2nd worst case scenario, i.e., That AI will be able to do all human jobs not just some.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Mon Jun 29, 2026, 07:32 PM

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Might as well work on solutions backwards since all of us are still guessing where it ends. Some of you are surer than others but I'm not sure yet what the limits are.

How will we deal with that? How will we keep giving humans meaning.

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