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entropyneur • today at 9:47 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

The newly useless humans can trade with each other eventually reinstating the exact same economy we have now. That's of course as long the AI or whoever controls it doesn't need the same resources. Which they probably will.


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Havoc • today at 10:01 PM

>The newly useless humans can trade with each other

Why would they when the machines can undercut anything while offering higher quality

ihm • today at 10:01 PM

Trade what exactly? Unemployed dwellers or landless peasants do not control any means of production and so cannot produce anything to trade.