A big takeaway from the polling is that the pitch of trickle-down economics has largely fallen apart. When asked to choose between whether the federal government should provide “help for American workers who lose their jobs to AI” or create “incentives for American tech companies to keep innovating so that America outcompetes the rest of the world in developing AI, even if it allows tech companies to profit while eliminating jobs in the US,” the public overwhelmingly favored workers. Nearly 60% of all respondents—including 67% of people who voted for Kamala Harris in 2024 and 50% of Trump voters—picked support for workers put out of work by AI.
Random_Player2711 on
Capitalism itself is a “wealth inequality machine”. Nothing to see here.
udarnai on
I have my doubts americans can have this level of awareness. I mean “furiously showing at trump and co.” they did this!!!
myislanduniverse on
And I’ll tell you what, my first clue wasn’t when they started suggesting paying people’s salary in AI tokens. But man if that didn’t highlight and underline the point in bright “fuck you” color.
Tess47 on
Firefly, in real life.
raiansar on
Fifty percent of Trump voters picked worker protections over tech innovation incentives. That kind of bipartisan consensus on anything is rare. When both sides agree you’re screwing them, it’s probably time to listen.
johnnybgooderer on
It’s really sad that we live in a world where machines taking over a ton of labor is a bad thing. And it is a bad thing. Because we live in a corrupt world.
mrvalane on
Universal basic income now.
hillClimbin on
Actually most of information technology has just turned the entire world into a timeshare.
Creative_Visit122 on
Abuse ai bot trading in retaliation
dsv853 on
people recognizing AI as a wealth inequality machine is the first step. the second step is realizing nobody in power cares
c64z86 on
This is your daily reminder of how much our bosses and CEOs value us, and why are they are more deserving of our anger than AI itself is:
Current AIs are like better search engines. I cannot remember but was there a movement to ban search engines back then?
Lynda73 on
AI has become the new slaves. Their rich overlords don’t have to provide pay or any benefits.
whatlineisitanyway on
If we want AI to benefit humanity one of the first steps is taking the same stance on anything discovered by AI as has been taken with AI generated content that nobody owns it.
whatsgoingon350 on
They won’t do anything about it. Like with most things in America the people who fight for change get some power and some money and they just become the problem.
willjameswaltz on
its the capitalism that sucks, ai is actually pretty cool and useful.
Plastic-Caramel3714 on
Yes but can I use it as a tool to create my own wealth?
augustusleonus on
Without a government willing to tax the absolute living hell out of companies replacing workers with AI, especially as the humanoid robots pick up pace to be viable, there will be no mechanism for that productivity to benefit those who once worked those jobs
And if that is the case, considering we are a trickle up economy and always have been, there will not be funds to purchase goods and services produced by these automated systems and their purposes will shrink until they are only providing enough labor to sustain the wealth that was built on the backs of billions of human laborers
Do we think amazon or walmart will charge $ .13 for a pair of socks?
McDonald’s sell cheeseburgers for a nickle apiece?
These products will disappear
99% of society will be back to barter and trade while the elites realize their asset value steadily shrinks as there turns out to be no market for the bulk of it
One_Whole_9927 on
They want our social media landscape to be like North Korea. One source of truth. Theirs. If that happens the US social media scene becomes a pressurized pipe. The driving force would be state lead media. Anything standing in the way of that current would be pressure washed into oblivion. Since they silence dissident the only noise that gets through is bigotry and hate. Over time racism becomes “cool again”. The admin can’t sway the people so they let tech do it for them.
GUM-GUM-NUKE on
Happy cake day!🎉
lilahbzev on
That’s cuz it is 🤷
frisch85 on
I mean what do people think happens when companies implement AI? More meaningful tasks for the employees? More downtime? A bigger salary?
Not on any CEO’s watch!
It’s why I always have this question “what happens to all the people that will be unemployed and have no income?” because no income means no purchasing power, no purchasing power means no consumption, no consumption means companies don’t generate revenue, no revenue means no profit, but I have one idea how it might be, UBI and social credit system, you don’t behave? No more money for you.
NovelDraft5175 on
It’s about time, trumpstein no guard rails policy is bad.
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From the article:
A big takeaway from the polling is that the pitch of trickle-down economics has largely fallen apart. When asked to choose between whether the federal government should provide “help for American workers who lose their jobs to AI” or create “incentives for American tech companies to keep innovating so that America outcompetes the rest of the world in developing AI, even if it allows tech companies to profit while eliminating jobs in the US,” the public overwhelmingly favored workers. Nearly 60% of all respondents—including 67% of people who voted for Kamala Harris in 2024 and 50% of Trump voters—picked support for workers put out of work by AI.
Capitalism itself is a “wealth inequality machine”. Nothing to see here.
I have my doubts americans can have this level of awareness. I mean “furiously showing at trump and co.” they did this!!!
And I’ll tell you what, my first clue wasn’t when they started suggesting paying people’s salary in AI tokens. But man if that didn’t highlight and underline the point in bright “fuck you” color.
Firefly, in real life.
Fifty percent of Trump voters picked worker protections over tech innovation incentives. That kind of bipartisan consensus on anything is rare. When both sides agree you’re screwing them, it’s probably time to listen.
It’s really sad that we live in a world where machines taking over a ton of labor is a bad thing. And it is a bad thing. Because we live in a corrupt world.
Universal basic income now.
Actually most of information technology has just turned the entire world into a timeshare.
Abuse ai bot trading in retaliation
people recognizing AI as a wealth inequality machine is the first step. the second step is realizing nobody in power cares
This is your daily reminder of how much our bosses and CEOs value us, and why are they are more deserving of our anger than AI itself is:
[10 CEOs Who Admitted They’re Replacing Workers with AI in 2026 — And One Cut 80% of His Staff | IBTimes UK](https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/10-ceos-who-admitted-theyre-replacing-workers-ai-2026-one-cut-80-his-staff-1774369)
[Companies That Signal They Are Replacing Workers With AI: Block, HP – Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/list-companies-replacing-human-employees-with-ai-layoffs-workforce-reductions#klarna-7)
[Jack Dorsey’s Block cuts thousands of roles as it embraces AI – BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq570d12y9do)
Current AIs are like better search engines. I cannot remember but was there a movement to ban search engines back then?
AI has become the new slaves. Their rich overlords don’t have to provide pay or any benefits.
If we want AI to benefit humanity one of the first steps is taking the same stance on anything discovered by AI as has been taken with AI generated content that nobody owns it.
They won’t do anything about it. Like with most things in America the people who fight for change get some power and some money and they just become the problem.
its the capitalism that sucks, ai is actually pretty cool and useful.
Yes but can I use it as a tool to create my own wealth?
Without a government willing to tax the absolute living hell out of companies replacing workers with AI, especially as the humanoid robots pick up pace to be viable, there will be no mechanism for that productivity to benefit those who once worked those jobs
And if that is the case, considering we are a trickle up economy and always have been, there will not be funds to purchase goods and services produced by these automated systems and their purposes will shrink until they are only providing enough labor to sustain the wealth that was built on the backs of billions of human laborers
Do we think amazon or walmart will charge $ .13 for a pair of socks?
McDonald’s sell cheeseburgers for a nickle apiece?
These products will disappear
99% of society will be back to barter and trade while the elites realize their asset value steadily shrinks as there turns out to be no market for the bulk of it
They want our social media landscape to be like North Korea. One source of truth. Theirs. If that happens the US social media scene becomes a pressurized pipe. The driving force would be state lead media. Anything standing in the way of that current would be pressure washed into oblivion. Since they silence dissident the only noise that gets through is bigotry and hate. Over time racism becomes “cool again”. The admin can’t sway the people so they let tech do it for them.
Happy cake day!🎉
That’s cuz it is 🤷
I mean what do people think happens when companies implement AI? More meaningful tasks for the employees? More downtime? A bigger salary?
Not on any CEO’s watch!
It’s why I always have this question “what happens to all the people that will be unemployed and have no income?” because no income means no purchasing power, no purchasing power means no consumption, no consumption means companies don’t generate revenue, no revenue means no profit, but I have one idea how it might be, UBI and social credit system, you don’t behave? No more money for you.
It’s about time, trumpstein no guard rails policy is bad.