The point was that everything can be oversimplified down to dismiss any emergent properties

"It's just chemicals"

Like how some morons try to downplay the capacity of pain and emotions in animals: "It's just self-preservation"

"Play is just training for hunting, they're not really having 'fun'" and so on.

Worth it to who?

The team. The organisation. The reviewer, if they care about team throughput.

I'm sure it seems "entirely fine" to you but the people being forcibly moved off their land have a very different reaction. I guess it comes down to who gets the gold mine and who gets the shaft...

This isn't a real surprise to anyone who knows how "AI" works.

Why on earth would you need to do that for most things? Not everyone wants to be the next Coreweave. It sounds like you're killing a fly with a cannon to me.

As many commenters have pointed out, a lot of that wealth will disappear into the grubby hands of private-equity-owned assisted living facilities and nursing homes.

Yeah that's awful. I can only hope most of those people can afford a full time or live-in nurse. Are we suggesting they should take the Canadian MAID option?

You're being sarcastic when the alternative can be a more reasonable retirement option

Well if we are going the MAID option then along the path of your idea I suggest all the other burdens go with them. Anyone on welfare, SNAP and similar programs, etc... Anyone part of the recent floods into the country that are also on welfare, especially groups that have brought violent tribal blood feuds. All violent felons that are just going to sit in prison and milk the taxes. All the rioters that cause damages to property. Anyone that has not assimilated to the countries culture. Actually I could make a really long list the more I think about it. This should be a blog write-up. Thank-you for inspiring the ideas.

What do you mean by that?

So today you open a savings account, put money there every month of your life, and in 50 years someone takes it away and gives you a more "reasonable option"?

I'd have said ghouls. At least vampires are sexy...

These are Count Orlock style vampires, not Lestat and Louis.

Hopefully that EVP feels embarrassed that a big bet was made that not only didn't pay off but left the company in a worse position. Some schadenfreude may be all you can expect, since this is an executive.

You talk about that like it's a problem...

> I never connect my smart TVs to the network, I just plug in my Apple TV and move on.

You're not alone.