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You spent HOW MUCH on monkeys and typewriters, when all you needed to do was pay a human writer a living wage?

Here’s the same joke but I drew it instead

@dx

It costs less to pay a whole bunch of monkeys typing all day and all night than it does to just sit back and wait for Shakespeare to turn in a manuscript?

Plot twist:

The monkeys are AI

@CosmickTrigger That plot twist was the “joke”. I’m sorry if I didn’t make it clear enough. 🤷‍♀️

@dx

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's banana?

Banana banana banana...."

@tuban_muzuru @dx

] LOAD BANANA.BAS

] RUN

BANANANANANANANANANANA^C
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@dx You spent HOW MUCH on monkeys and typewriters in order to fire your workers so they can live a life of poverty and tech feudalism?

@peterbrown @dx
Yes.
And the people pushing AI will also stop any move towards UBI since it wouldn't enrich the richest more than it would regular folks.

@Gurre @dx I think it’s going to be a difficult sell, but I don’t think that’s the reason. UBI will boost the economy across the board so it will benefit the wealthy as well.

@peterbrown

UBI is pretty great according to all trials I've read about. Lifts the whole economy, including the ones at the top of the heap, yes.
But it's pretty clear most at the top of the economic heap don't care for such a situation. That the ones at the bottom are properly stomped into the ground is a major feature they're looking for. And the rich are the ones funding almost all lobbyists.

@dx this is it. This is the best post I've seen all day.

@dx Isn't the price of bananas outrageous.

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Input to output #AI 😂

@dx
But the monkeys and typewriters are a one-time expense. People you have to keep paying for over and over. Like a subscription. You don't want to get stuck in one of those.