One of the main challenges will be changing what Harari calls the moral viewpoint. We need to think of his scary wolf, AI and robots, not necessarily as a terrifying predator. Instead, they can be like the gray wolves that we tamed thousands of years ago and turned into humans’ best friend—dogs. Technological unemployment and its approaching endgame are indeed an existential threat, but they’re also a potentially grand existential opportunity. And taking advantage will first require a shift by the United States to some kind of economic democracy, taking the power away from big business and the
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