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		anonymousDan on April 1, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How AI is creating a rift at McKinsey, Bain, and B... Half the global population lives on less than $7 a day. I admire your optimism, but it's perfectly possible to keep large swathes of people living in abject poverty.

D-Coder on April 2, 2025 | [–]

$7 a day is a step up from the olden days for those people. They're pleased with that.

$7 a day would be a step down for first-world (and second-world) economies. I think people would be very unhappy. Very very very unhappy.

throw234234234 on April 2, 2025 | [–]

The most likely outcome of AI displacing skilled labour unfortunately.

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