Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.

The highest unemployment rate during the great depression was 24%. The knockon effects of almost 12% of the ecconomy losing work will make that pale in comparison. But hey, this 12% is probably just at the beginning. After all, AI is the worst it will ever be.

This seems like a recipe for guillotines or UBI. Wonder wich the rich will choose?

Edir: was he the first of many?

  • altphoto@lemmy.today
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    5 days ago

    I propose we do fun stuff like replace all traffic control, cars, airplanes, boats and trains all to ai. Remembering that AI currently only really can choose the best possible word and not a word that has actual intension. If that doesn’t end badly too quick, let’s do all cooks and pharmacists. Then we can do all wall street investment. If all that works, then we can have several AIs argue with each other about nukes, the winner decides to launch or stay.