Terry Lamphier
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- Sep 4, 2026
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- Aug 7, 2026
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Ideas & Opinions — Terry Lamphier: Capitalism was great but how will we pay the bills in an AI/robot post-labor economy? (opens the original)
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Our country has arguably thrived under capitalism, despite its chronic vulnerability to greed, exploitation, etc. Our high standard of living, relative to historical norms or other countriesâ economic systems, is "proof of concept." Now, with our fast arriving world of artificial intelligence and robotics increasingly displacing our human workforce, we should be asking how our consumer-based capitalist society can survive without gainfully employed consumers. This is not an abstract argument.
Ideas & Opinions — Terry Lamphier: AI doesn’t have to think to be dangerous (opens the original)
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Amidst all the hype about the benefits of AI-assisted living, there are persistent warnings about giving control of society over to machines. Leading AI researchers are continually surprised at how advanced experimental models, housed in isolated systems, manage to break safeguards and travel into the real world. Researchers still donât know how AI works, admitting that there are risks that leading developers and investors are quick to dismiss, as there are huge amounts of money in play. Valua
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