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1/ Years from now, as it becomes more evident, you'll be looking back at this @kdrum story motherjones.com/politics/2017/…
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3/ This isn't just Kevin talking, it's what AI researchers and giants in tech (Musk, Gates, Schmidt) think:
4/ If regular automation helped fuel the working class misery that helped elect Trump, what will an AI revolution hold?
5/ Putin gets it 😯
6/ Almost NO ONE is doing serious policy thinking about what the implications of mass job losses to AI could be. So we laid out some options
7/ Universal basic income is maybe the best known, here's a timeline about various experiments: motherjones.com/politics/2017/…
8/ Some of the UBI stuff that happened in 70s was wild, and lasting!
9/ Elon Musk is scared that the robots won't just take our jobs, but maybe destroy humanity. motherjones.com/politics/2017/…
10/ Along with global warming, the changes that AI will bring are the biggest threat to life as we know it. Better get started on solutions.
11/ Could the timetable be slower, faster? Sure. But
