[ExI] ai wants to do ya

[spike at rainier66.com]

...> On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat

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>...Falling birth rates are a major concern for some of Asia's biggest economies...

Well what a surprise!  Not.  Who saw that coming?  Everybody.

>...Governments in the region are spending hundreds of billions of dollars trying to reverse the trend...

Oh by the way, whose money are these governments spending?

>...Will it work?

I don't think so.  China is filled with fertile people who have grown up as singleton children.  They know the advantages of that.  So many will do likewise, and many will just not bother with the whole marriage and family, when a good porn bot is available.
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>...The main concern is that they need more young workers to increase production and support the ageing population...

We were always told automation would take care of that.  It didn't.

>...(Of course, it is also difficult to fight wars with a population of pensioners).  :)

>...BillK

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BillK, you saw that scene in Star Wars and likely already know from the context which one I am talking about.  It's cheaper to build soldiers than train them: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIRZ3-9PwIU

 spike