Would you trade thousands of researcher jobs for an AI cancer cure?
VraserX · x · 2026-10-10
VraserX takes a hard line: if AI discovered a cancer cure tomorrow, he wouldn't care if it puts thousands of researchers out of work. "Imagine telling millions of patients they have to keep suffering because some people need to feel useful. Your career isn't more important than human lives." A provocative take on AI job displacement vs. human welfare.
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