IBM Plans To Replace Nearly 8,000 Jobs With AI — HR Jobs Are First to Go

[Oerets]

What is being overlooked is the people loosing jobs to a computer.
Will the new AI programs doing the work of humans buy homes? Cars? Stereos? Pay taxes?

Or just be a cost sayings for the employer with the consumers never seeing a reduction or benefit on their end?

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by Oerets

What is being overlooked is the people loosing jobs to a computer.
Will the new AI programs doing the work of humans buy homes? Cars? Stereos? Pay taxes?

Yeah, Oerets! Who is going to buy those stereos. Minimum basic income follows or there will be chaos...a guy needs his stereo.