When your jobs is automated by AI, what are you going to do?

[Independent voter]

Scenario: it's 50 years from now and every job has been automated by artificial intelligence and robots. Your government gives you a basic income for doing nothing, it's enough for shelter and food. What do you do with your days?

I would build one of these that shoots twice as fast:

[Shamburger]

I'll still be an engineer, apparently making more money than everyone else.

[Independent voter]

I'll still be an engineer, apparently making more money than everyone else.

AIs will do your job, you've been laid off.

[Shamburger]

AIs will do your job, you've been laid off.

robots creating/fixing other robots? in 50 years we'll all be dead then 'cause Skynet

[Faroth]

Hard to say, actually. Being paid enough to exist and survive isn't living. But there are no jobs, so there's no way to earn money to do more than just roof over your head and eat.

I guess I'd go walk in forests a lot and write.

If we're meant to think of this as "utopian dream world, what do?" then I'd still write, read, and play video games. I'd also like to take up archery and maybe learn to ride horses for fun, trail rides and such. Travel would be nice too.

Since money is no longer a factor, I'd trade whatever the underground currency is to keep collecting and building a preservation library of video games.

[kail]

Breed some tarantulas and roaches.

[callipygoustp]

Scenario: it's 50 years from now and every job has been automated by artificial intelligence and robots. Your government gives you a basic income for doing nothing, it's enough for shelter and food. What do you do with your days?

A lot of hiking/camping during the summer. A lot of cross country skiing during the winter.

[Mister Cheese]

We'll be dead. The robots will decide that we're a waste of time to keep alive and murder all of us.

[Deleted]

I'm a Ancient History researcher/Museum organizer, so my job is garanteed with the eventual automatization of the society.

[Altrec]

Scenario: it's 50 years from now and every job has been automated by artificial intelligence and robots. Your government gives you a basic income for doing nothing, it's enough for shelter and food. What do you do with your days?

I would build one of these that shoots twice as fast:

Where do you get the money to build that if you are only given enough for shelter and food?

[Deleted]

Where do you get the money to build that if you are only given enough for shelter and food?

Going back to old barter trade, but now bartering skills for resources.

[Tomyris]

Joining the resistance. There is going to be a resistance, right?....right?

[zorkuus]

I'll be in a nursing home ranting about skynet.

[Deleted]

Joining the resistance. There is going to be a resistance, right?....right?

The Neo-Luddite resistance, sure.

[Sunseeker]

In 50 years I'll be 80. So honestly the government would be giving me money for doing nothing anyway.

[Triggered Fridgekin]

I'll probably hook up with all these local single ladies.

[Kalcheus]

If I make it to 92, I'll probably be sitting in a retirement community somewhere just watching TV - unless they come up with some sort of mental/physical rejuvenation process. In which case I'd probably just hike outdoors a lot.

[Etselion]

Blame mexicans.

[Kapadons]

Where do you get the money to build that if you are only given enough for shelter and food?

Time to bust out the oldest profession. I'll be sucking some dick and fucking some pussies.

[Tomyris]

The Neo-Luddite resistance, sure.

Hopefully with a better, epic name.