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Who will buy your services if you fire us all?

Hacker News Top · 2026-05-18 Cached

The article critiques the narrative of tech executives like Sam Altman and Elon Musk about AI leading to shorter workweeks and UBI, arguing that automation destroys the customer base needed for AI services, and draws historical parallels to indentured labor and the creation of the working consumer.

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