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re: Elon Musk just said in 15-20 years work will be "optional" (don't shoot the messenger)
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:04 am to ghost2most
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:04 am to ghost2most
Don’t forget crime.
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Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:05 am to sidewalkside
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Elon Musk just said in 15-20 years work will be "optional"
I wouldn't mind not going to work 5 days a week, I assure you. But I don't see this happening.
Right now, it seems everyone is focused on using AI to eliminate human employees so they can save a buck. But if enough companies take this approach, unemployment is eventually going to be through the roof and most people will no longer have disposable income to buy their products.
Once the big corporations get wind that their attempts to save money on labor costs ultimately leads to fewer sales down the road, the pendulum will swing the other way IMO.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:11 am to HogX
If work is optional, the economy will bust due to the lack of jobs.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:17 am to Epic Cajun
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Do most people really feel this way? Family gives me purpose, friends give me purpose, work is a means to make money for me. Nothing more, nothing less.
Your genetic programming is designed for survival, not leisure. Take a look around at all the retarded shite western civilization is fighting over, and ask yourself why.
It is my belief that people were designed to fight for survival, and since we no longer have to, we find other things to fight over.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:18 am to tigerfan88
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That doesn’t make any sense
For being the modern day Tony Stark this board claims him to be, he sure is full of shite half the time he speaks.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:26 am to sidewalkside
Every year we get closer.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:28 am to The Third Leg
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Your genetic programming is designed for survival, not leisure. Take a look around at all the retarded shite western civilization is fighting over, and ask yourself why.
Sure, but logging into my computer from my couch wearing a t shirt and shorts doesn’t scream fighting for survival to me
It’s too removed from hunting and gathering to feel related although I realize it is a means to provide food for myself and my family.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:33 am to Epic Cajun
Exactly. Now imagine you have to do nothing.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:39 am to sidewalkside
That shite optional now...
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:44 am to sidewalkside
We will always compare our selves to others and strive for nicer things.
Even the poorest in the world are more wealthy than 99.9% of all humans who lived. The ability to prop a chunk of plywood for shelter and find food in a garbage can would have been a luxury to almost all of prior humanity.
This is a dumb idea that if you give humans basic food and shelter, they will be content. Some will, many will strive for better and now we're back to the lack of social equity nonsense.
Even the poorest in the world are more wealthy than 99.9% of all humans who lived. The ability to prop a chunk of plywood for shelter and find food in a garbage can would have been a luxury to almost all of prior humanity.
This is a dumb idea that if you give humans basic food and shelter, they will be content. Some will, many will strive for better and now we're back to the lack of social equity nonsense.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:55 am to schwartzy
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This is not a good thing. Work gives most of us meaning, and we are supposed to be providing services in our society.
Yep. Look what happened to the indians when they were taken over by the government.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 12:09 pm to sidewalkside
Elon is a smart dude, but he says a lot of things, some of them are true and some aren’t.
As far as AI goes I don’t know that there is really anything there yet other than some fancy programs that can generate patterns based on the inputs it is given.
Can it replace some entry level data input type jobs? Probably so.
Is it going to fix your car, build a house, or design a complex system on its own? I don’t see how.
As far as AI goes I don’t know that there is really anything there yet other than some fancy programs that can generate patterns based on the inputs it is given.
Can it replace some entry level data input type jobs? Probably so.
Is it going to fix your car, build a house, or design a complex system on its own? I don’t see how.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 12:19 pm to schwartzy
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Work gives most of us meaning
Brainwashing 101
Posted on 11/19/25 at 12:21 pm to sidewalkside
Living in a home is optional. You can just sleep under a bridge too
Posted on 11/19/25 at 12:21 pm to sidewalkside
Elon Musk is a genius. What he’s accomplished at all of his companies is comic-book level amazing.
Still, take any timeline he gives and multiple it by 5-10.
There is no way in hell work will be optional in a generation.
Still, take any timeline he gives and multiple it by 5-10.
There is no way in hell work will be optional in a generation.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 12:21 pm to sidewalkside
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work will be "optional"
If i hit them numbers saturday night, then work will be optional for me on Monday Baw
Posted on 11/19/25 at 12:26 pm to The Third Leg
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Exactly. Now imagine you have to do nothing.
Not working does not equal doing nothing.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 12:27 pm to dewster
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But I'm wondering how my kids will flourish and develop in this environment.
They won’t. This is how they get “utopia.”
They’ll sell it as a positive. But it’ll be a huge negative.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 12:27 pm to sidewalkside
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Elon Musk just said in 15-20 years work will be "optional"
I’ll add this to shite people say that will never happen like, “you will get a $5K DOGE check or $2K tariff rebate.”
Posted on 11/19/25 at 12:30 pm to ATrillionaire
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Not working does not equal doing nothing.
No, it means not required to do anything. Though you might be able to fill your days with meaningful productive things, most people wouldn’t have a clue what to do with all the time.
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