It's worth keeping the possibility open.
The economic consequences of lockdowns are reducing population on their own, no further action will be required.
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The machine will still need operators.
People to code, people to hold it's hand when it fucks up. Working with programmed devices, these things fuck up more often than Popsci articles would admit.
Some downstream manufacturing issue occurs with a widget, and the machine produces garbage.
Also input cows for the AI as data input for large datasets; People on Onlyfans (who is on the backend of that database ffs....).
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Take a look at the cold war.
Constant fear porn for decades.
Plebs hiding under desks, ready to accept any military budget or action.
The bombs never drop.
The nukes never go off.

It's worth keeping the possibility open.
The economic consequences of lockdowns are reducing population on their own, no further action will be required.
...
The machine will still need operators.
People to code, people to hold it's hand when it fucks up. Working with programmed devices, these things fuck up more often than Popsci articles would admit. Some downstream manufacturing issue occurs with a widget, and the machine produces garbage.
...
Take a look at the cold war.
Constant fear porn for decades.
Plebs hiding under desks, ready to accept any military budget or action.
The bombs never drop.
The nukes never go off.