r/DystopianToday

Dario Amodei, the co-founder of Anthropic, discusses how AI is going to bring a world with a very high GDP rate and very high unemployment and inequality, never seen before.

He goes on to acknowledge that, usually, a high GDP means high employment, but AI will strip jobs.

Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas costs $2,052/person to sail wealthy families from Florida to Texas for 9 days with excessive amenities - many require additional fees:

• Cirque Du Soleil-type water show
• Theater production of The Wizard of Oz
• 28 different restaurants
• 19 different bars
• Second Theatre for a dedicated superhero musical
• Ice skating rinks
• Basketball court
• Minigolf course
• Laser tag
• Teen lounge center
• Arcade
• Escape rooms
• Casino
• Numerous Waterparks and slides
• Flowrider, which is a boogie boarding
• Surfing wave generator
• Rock climbing walls
• Many pools
• Roller coaster, Ferris wheel, and carnival
• Separate stage show theatre with comedy shows and game shows playing out
• restaurants
• Full daycare
• Multiple disco/clubs
• Daily Disney-style parades across the length of the ship

A live stream of autonomous robots working for a consecutive 8-hour shift sorting through packages - as a bid to replace human workers.

A Chinese livestreamer allegedly lost thousands of followers after a beauty filter malfunction revealed her true image, according to viral social media posts on Weibo and Bilbao.

China is testing police robots as part of its larger mandate to use more robotics for public safety, policing and military operations.

• 28% of parents of Gen Alpha give into screen time to avoid a meltdown or tantrum multiple times a week
• Gen Alpha spends roughly 4 hours 44 minutes a day on screens by age 8-12, and over 7.5 hours as a teen

Yellow for workers, Red for bosses