re: Stephen Hawking's final words to the internet: robots aren't the problem, capitalism is

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rather than encouraging discovery and innovation decides to go on a rant about politics.

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To be fair, it wasn't a "rant"...it was a thought piece on what happens if AI and robots can do EVERYTHING?


Wealth is created...but, jobs are not needed (at least, not MOST jobs).

The thought piece is "what happens then?".

It is not a condemnation of capitalism...it is a call to think about a future where "work" may not be needed as it is today.


If we were a small island nation and "oil" is found in massive amounts. Perhaps every citizen could get a stipend of tremendous amounts of money and all labor could be hired from outsiders. That kind of thing.