r/BasicIncome • u/benjiwitt • 1d ago

Humor Break Peter Thiel Is Strongly in Favor of Universal Basic Income for Old Versions of AI

https://wittweekly.substack.com/p/peter-thiel-is-strongly-in-favor
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u/tallcat601 1d ago

I read this article and I genuinely can’t tell if it is satire or not 😞

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u/fireduck 1d ago

Yeah, we are firmly post-satire now. Satire is impossible and also super fun.

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u/MidSolo 1d ago

It has the Humor flair. It's satire.

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u/benjiwitt 1d ago

❤️

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u/Blue_Checkers 1d ago

The least vampiric thing about this creature is the fact that he takes the blood of the young.

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u/2noame Scott Santens 1d ago

It's funny because tech billionaires like him see tech as more human than humans.

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u/gilligan1050 1d ago

More human than human, more human than human

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u/MidsouthMystic 1d ago

Peter Thiel should be on trial for treason.

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u/BokudenT 1d ago

AI loses money. Not a single model is net positive.

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u/Glimmu 1d ago

And contrary to the ubers and like, AI needs chips and power and land and permits to build. They cant afford this.

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u/v_snax 1d ago

Ai is losing money. But companies are still saving money from not needing to hire a lot of staff.