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Sorry, "who" not "how".

If we are just talking about the physical environment then totally fine - a rock doesn't care about me, for example.

Humans tend to care about humans at least in some situations on average, though.



> Humans tend to care about humans at least in some situations on average, though.

Look, I actually agree: humans do care about humans, on average. The problem is that power tends to concentrate to those who don't care about humans.

When almost all jobs can be replaced by machines, the owners of those machines are unlikely to be much different from Sam Altman and Co. They aren't going to sit down and say "Well, look, we have all the wealth, and means of wealth. Let's give everyone food, shelter, clothing, because our machines can do it".


How much of any gains the machinr owners could keep isn't just up to them - I think they look more powerful than they are.




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