Automation is a big topic that comes up in every college ethics CS class (I just took it last semester), and most of the discussions veers towards blue collar unemployment caused by automation, what people would actually do in a society where machines do a lot for everyone already, and of course, increasing wealth inequality as a result and the need for basic income.
But I feel that the biggest problem is not the 1% having most of the wealth , but rather the fact that they likely would control the vast majority of the technology that society relies on.
Today, […]
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