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Totally. But that’s not what I’m saying. Just to recap.

Buddy said AI/automation/clankas/gonks save money so if we want humans to provide us services we need to be willing to pay more. I posited that money being a barrier to human interaction is probably not a good endgame.

When I had my first ever surgery, I got wheeled into an operating room full of strangers operating who all introduce themselves and participated in making me feel safe and calm. If it weren’t for them, I’d have 100% freaked the fuck out.

Now I’m okay with robot surgeons and dentist doing what they’re programmed to do… but I don’t fucking trust them. I would only accept that kind of treatment if there a human in control of that situation.

That’s where my mind goes when I imagine a world where human provided service is paywalled.

The prices you’re paying for your purchases are lower across the board because they don’t have to pay for as many cashiers.

In theory yes. But that’s not going to be universal for every product. Not every product can become a “loss leader”. So to a degree it depends on the individual shopper.

I should warn you, those stores are probably more expensive to shop at.

While that’s true, you have to admit that stores with zero checkout automation also likely lack the buying power to purchase in bulk like the large retailers who can afford checkout automation.

My philosophy with grocery shopping is I want it to be done asap. IMO self-checkout isn’t inherently faster than cashiers. It’s arrangement of single queues leading to multiple registers that speeds up the lines.

Additionally, I prefer to bag my own groceries so that I know the fragile items won’t be damaged getting them home.

I would fully agree. But it could still get worse.

because its significantly cheaper to the consumer of the product/service."

This. The only example where I pick a robot over a human is self checkout… and that’s cuz it’s faster due to there only be 1 queue for several checkouts. Not because it saves me money.

Got to costco and I’ll readily take a cashier line because it’s generally faster than the self checkout unless you only have a few items.

what do you really save when you personally save for example $.30 on a transaction when the AI spends five dollars in energy?

Exactly. The economy right now is a big ball and cup game so that the rich can convince workers to keep funding their kleptocracy.

We pay taxes for public services and utilities that generate private profits while the rich get to benefit off the infrastructure that we funded. The cups, the balls, and the god damn table were all built and paid for by the working class.

business point of view, how much more for the product/service would you be willing to pay for a human operator

Inversely; How comfortable would you be in a society where you couldn’t access another human if you couldn’t afford one? Because that’s where prioritizing profit over people is going to lead us.

I thought microsoft ‘owned’ OpenAI. Why would they incorporate something owned by captain ketamine?

tools to delete or garble their entite post history

I had a 6 year account when the API scandal hit. Paid a small fee to deny reddit whatever 2 cents my comments are worth.

my thumbs flipped the t and the a.

Get a life.

Full Explaintaion

Well the value of the USD is based on the bond market which is essentially based on USA’s GDP.

I’m not saying stable coins don’t exist. I’m explaining the fundamental valuation difference between crypto and national currencies.

Also traded /= transacted. In the context of OPs question, the existence of stable coins has not pushed the needle on crypto from a trading asset to liquid transactable colloquial currency.

1. It’s actively transforming global agriculture. While the USA failed to innovate Canada has integrated blockchain into it’s agricultural sector to facilitate unparalleled traceability.

2. Blockchain transactions are painfully slow compared to other payment processers. BTC is only 7 transactions a second. VISA handles 65,000 transactions per second. That’s one of the major reasons we’re not seeing more widespread adoption.

3. Crypto currency isn’t backed by a nation’s GDP; which is effectively the mechanism that gives money value. However USA just passed laws recategorizing crypto issuers as financial institutions; that must comply with regulations such as having a % of their liabilities(crypto) as collateral (Cash). So we shall see where things go.

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no amount of confidence will win the girl.

Not everyone is attracted to everyone just like not everyone likes every flavour of food. A lot of it is about being in the right place & right time.

No amount of confidence will reverse the opinion of someone who is fundamentally not attracted to you. Zero confidence is externalized through observable behaviours that will deter people who would otherwise be attracted to you.

If you want a loving relationship your best bet is to expand your social circles. Spending time with friends, meeting their friends, and making new friends. Join a hobby club or a team sport. The person you meet through friends is probably gonna be more compatible with you than the person you matched on tinder for superficial reasons.