I started to notice a intense automation and Artificial Intelligence Investments from companies and that made me wonder, what would happen or what should be done with the people who can’t be trained for a new job and can’t use his current skills to to get a job.

How would he live or what would he do in life? More importantly, what should be done with him to make him useful or at least neutral rather than being a negative on the society?

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    What does “can’t be trained for a new job” mean? Why? What’s keeping them from learning a new thing?

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        That doesn’t mean much. If a person is too old to learn a new job, they should be able to retire. If a person’s cognitive ability is THAT low, so low they can’t learn the simplest of jobs, they should probably be in some care facility or (better) be cared for at home with their caretakers (who’ve had proper training) receiving adequate compensation. Why are we talking, in this context, about people who are unable to work anyway?

        Don’t get me wrong, I’m very much against what we’ve come to call “AI” and how it’s taking over everything.

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          What if their wages hadn’t allowed them to build up a 401k? They likely won’t be able to survive on social security alone.

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            I don’t even really know what a 401k is, I’m not from the US. The fact that globally social security systems are failing due to neglect and tax gifts for the rich is a whole other issue.

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              Fancy savings account for retirement that’s stored in stocks so it can explode at any point. Basic perquisite to ever retire in the US. Many people don’t have them.

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              In the US, pensions have become extremely rare, and were mostly replaced with a 401k, which is essentially a tax deferred stock market account. Often your employer will match contributions that you put into it up to a certain point.

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                Alright. Sounds like bullshit that you’re going to have to deal with, whether or not we’re facing the AI apocalypse, and I sympathise.