Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on The Robots, AI, and Unemployment Anti-FAQ - Less Wrong

47 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 25 July 2013 06:46PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 July 2013 07:57:39PM 21 points [-]

If everyone already has everything they want, your economy is solved.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 24 July 2013 08:06:30PM 11 points [-]

Ah, right. The first response that came to mind was "well, I might already have everything that I want, but what about those poor or unemployed folks we're worried about" - but of course, if there are such people with unsatisfied desires, then obviously that means that there's still an unmet demand that the increased production can help meet, and the extra money is so that the poor people can actually buy the fruits of that additional production? Thanks, that makes sense.