u/Internal_Holiday_552

If people like Elon Musk genuinely believe AI and robotics will make most human labor unnecessary -and Musk is predicting that money itself could become irrelevant - why are the political leaders allied with the AI industry moving in the opposite direction right now?

In 2025, the Trump-backed reconciliation law expanded SNAP work requirements and created new Medicaid work requirements. CBO estimates those provisions will reduce SNAP participation by about 2.4 million people per month and leave an average of 4.5 million more people uninsured.

At the same time, the administration is aggressively accelerating AI automation - removing regulatory barriers, fast-tracking massive data centers, opening federal land to them, and even making loans, grants and tax incentives available for AI infrastructure.

Those policies seem based on two contradictory ideas: that people should have to work to qualify for basic support, while we’re simultaneously investing enormous resources in technology explicitly intended to reduce the amount of human labor required.

If the promised end state is a world where people don’t need jobs because AI creates abundance, why are we making survival more dependent on having a job while we build the technology that could eliminate those jobs? What is the actual plan for the transition between those two systems?

I work in customer service and deaf folk come around to buy stuff occasionally, so I keep a pen and paper handy for when they do, and have learned a few signs that are relevant to what I'm selling. I can't read sign barely at all, and just know a couple of words to describe the products.

Anyway, I usually either grab my phones notes app or the pen and paper to communicate but, why don't any of the deaf folk use their notes app or have a pen and notebook in their pocket?

Like, I've thought ahead and packed a pen and notebook in case a deaf person stops by.. why haven't any of them?

It literally just dawned on me that in every interaction, I am the one reaching for the accommodations that I thought to bring.

So if it's this universal (in my experience) maybe you guys have an idea on why.

I have perfected the dinner salad. I've been eating this every day for weeks and am so excited about how nutrient dense / low calorie / high volume / satiating / delicious this salad is.

No one in my life cares, but I thought maybe you guys would.

This is almost a full pound of food for 374 calories, and 35g of protein, with a delicious creamy dressing.

Dressing:
908 g silken tofu
240 g Dijon mustard
239 g apple cider vinegar (and or lemon juice)
18 g garlic (6 cloves)
331 g sweet onion
100 g granulated sugar
Put everything in the blender until smooth

Dressing: 80 g - 77 kcal - 3.5 g protein

The salad:

157 g Spring Mix— 33 kcal, 3.4 g protein
53 g Seitan - 57 kcal, 11.4 g protein
50 g Shelled Edamame - 71 kcal, 6.7 g protein
40 g Lupini Beans - 45 kcal, 6.4 g protein
10 g Dry Roasted Sunflower Seeds - 62 kcal, 2.2 g protein
5 g Shelled Pumpkin Seeds (Pepitas) - 29 kcal, 1.5 g protein
80 g Creamy Dressing - 77 kcal, 3.5 g protein

Salad: 315 g - 297 kcal - 31.6 g protein

Dressed Salad: 395 g - 374 kcal - 35.1 g protein

Dressed Salad Nutrition:
Calories: 374 kcal
Protein: 35 g (70% DV)
Carbohydrates: 18 g (7% DV)
Fat: 16 g (21% DV)
Fiber: ~13 g (46% DV)
Vitamin A: ~1,300 µg RAE (144% DV)
Vitamin C: ~65 mg (72% DV)
Vitamin E: ~5 mg (33% DV)
Vitamin K: ~350 µg (292% DV)
Folate: ~240 µg DFE (60% DV)
Iron: ~7 mg (39% DV)
Magnesium: ~150 mg (36% DV)
Potassium: ~1,100 mg (23% DV)
Phosphorus: ~400 mg (32% DV)
Calcium: ~250 mg (19% DV)
Zinc: ~2.5 mg (23% DV