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China's fertility rate drops to record low 1.09 in 2022 (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are retirees really like slaves?

The AIs and robots will be doing our bidding, not the other way around.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i like definitive statements like that about the future.. they're comforting..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Robots and AIs can start handling more and more of the work

Emphasis added. I was presenting it as one option for how "something is going to need to change eventually."

There are plenty of other options. Including, if you like, having robot overlords enslaving humanity to work in silicon mines for some reason. But I like this option more and I find it perfectly plausible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

will they help humans connect to one another