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CrispyQ

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2. I'm not sure most people have the imagination to visualize an automated world.

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Fri Nov 5, 2021, 11:58 AM

Nov 2021

Here's a one minute video of a bartender robot. Perfect drink, every time. No overpours of booze.

Then there's AI. It's already doing a lot of medical analysis that people used to do. IMO, we'll never prepare for this loss of jobs, because most western societies are hooked on the idea that individuals have to earn a living, even if there are no jobs to be had.

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