The Next Currency: If AI Replaces Our Jobs, Who Will Have Money to Spend? As machines become capable of more work, the biggest economic question may not be what AI can produce, but who will still be able to afford it. Reading time: 7–9 minutes Imagine a world (rather, see the world) where AI writes the code, prepares the reports, designs the ads, answers customer calls, processes claims, analyses legal documents, and manages parts of recruitment. Robots handle more warehouse work, delivery, and manufacturing. The products keep coming. The services keep improving. But what happens if the people who used to earn wages doing that work lose their income? Who buys the products? This is the uncomfortable paradox at the heart of an AI-driven economy: we could become extraordinarily good at producing things, and still struggle to distribute the purchasing power needed to buy them. 1. The quiet shift: from helping workers to replacing tasks AI will not erase every occupation overnight. J...
It's obvious that people in elevator has nothing to do except think about the movement and feel nauseous. That's the same reason why the elevators have mirrors in fact, to deviate the people in elevator on to focusing on something else. It's actually a pretty innovative move back then, which was adopted by almost all users across the world. An elevator without a mirror can be rarely spotted. But the idea of using mirrors became an old fashion and was almost negligible because people started ignoring them. So, what can be done to get their attention back? Probably that's exactly what came to the minds of marketing department at McVities. They lined up the wallpaper in a London elevator with 1,325 Jaffa cakes that can be eaten straight out of the wallpaper. The lickable wallpapers for the stressed out office workers. Food technicians and artist took almost a month to install these unique walls inside the elevator of Office of communications firm Engine, Great Portland...