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I'm concerned about who AGI will serve? Rich people surely!



Maybe at first, but they will likely not keep any humans around for long.


Who does they refer to, the AGI or rich people?


Luckily capitalism solves that bit for them. Just gradually automate jobs so people can't make a living and they'll slowly die off in the gutter bit by bit. The slower it, is the less chance of a revolt.

To paraphrase that old quote:

>First they automated the artists, and I did not speak out because I was not an artist.

>Then they automated the writers, and I did not speak out because I was not a writer.

>Then they automated the office workers, and I did not speak out because I was not an office worker.

>Then they automated me and there was no one left to speak for me.


> I'm concerned about who AGI will serve? Rich people surely!

Almost everything invented in the past 200 years was originally sold to rich people, because they were the only ones who could afford it -- then the price came down and middle-class folks could buy it, then the price came down more and virtually everyone was able to afford it.

Thanks capitalism!




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