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elleng

(130,964 posts)
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 02:06 AM Aug 2016

STEPHEN HAWKING SAYS WE SHOULD REALLY BE SCARED OF CAPITALISM, NOT ROBOTS. [View all]

'According to world famous physicist Stephen Hawking, the rising use of automated machines may mean the end of human rights – not just jobs. But he’s not talking about robots with artificial intelligence taking over the world, he’s talking about the current capitalist political system and its major players.

On Reddit, Hawkings said that the economic gap between the rich and the poor will continue to grow as more jobs are automated by machines, and the owners of said machines hoard them to create more wealth for themselves.'>>>

http://usuncut.com/news/edit-complete-hw-stephen-hawking-says-really-scared-capitalism-not-robots/

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