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Venture capital firm Battery Ventures says new businesses that are replacing human workers with AI are already dramatically out-performing those that don't. (news.crunchbase.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The new jobs may come whether they "mean to" or not, though.

All that money that gets saved goes somewhere. Yes, "trickle-down" is a lie, simply feeding more money to already-rich people won't mean much to the economy. But if AI makes it cheaper to run a company it can also make it cheaper to start and grow a company. It's not just giant companies that will be making use of these tools.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You find some examples of this ever happening. You are a naive optimist or a fool if you think this has ever happened.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Here's an October 2023 survey on the subject from the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council on the subject of AI adoption. It found very extensive usage for a wide range of needs.