[ExI] I hate to say it but, I agree with Trump

[John Clark]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at 10:21 AM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

>  *if AI replaces many of the jobs, the citizens will not receive health
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*So what? That is no longer the only way to receive healthcare  *

*> the governments which fund those human medical facilities will receive
> insufficient funding from the AI diminished work force.*


*It's not just healthcare, it is now perfectly clear that for the first
time in history human workers are not needed to produce wealth, so what you
say in the above could only happen if the AI decides that it has no
interest in the well-being of human beings, and if that happens then we're
all screwed.  *


*John K Clark*






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> *>…** the USA has a higher percentage of people who are "more concerned
> than excited" about AI in general than any other advanced technological
> country; in the US it's 50%, in Germany and France it's 40%, in Taiwan it's
> 25%, in South Korea it's 16%, in China it's only 15%...*
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> *The USA has more data centers under construction, and many of them are
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> *>…I think the difference is because people in the USA dread getting fired
> from their job more than people in other countries do because, except for
> the USA, people in every first world country know that even if they lose
> their job they will still be able to receive very good healthcare, and will
> get much better unemployment benefits than people in the USA. *
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