[ExI] Elon Musk Predicts Future Where ” None Of Us Will Have A Job”

[Stuart LaForge]

On 2024-05-25 07:49, Mike Dougherty via extropy-chat wrote:
> On Sat, May 25, 2024, 6:34 AM BillK via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 
>> Elon Musk Predicts Future Where ” None Of Us Will Have A Job”
>> –
>> Promotes Universal High Income
>> May 24, 2024    By Giuseppe Ciccomascolo
>> 
>> 
> <https://www.ccn.com/news/technology/elon-musk-predicts-no-job-universal-high-income/>
> 
> Isn't this old news ?
> 
> Why does Elon Musk warrant so much boost for saying stuff we already
> understood 20 years ago?

Probably because as someone who runs multiple companies, Musk is seen as 
an industry leader, employer, and creator of jobs. When a major employer 
implies that he won't be employing people in the future, the press is 
more likely to listen to him than they would some academic.

Stuart LaForge