"...the amount of work we can automate with AI is vastly bigger than before. As leaders, it is incumbent on all of us to make sure we are building a world in wh

"...the amount of work we can automate with AI is vastly bigger than before. As leaders, it is incumbent on all of us to make sure we are building a world in which every individual has an opportunity to thrive." Andrew Ng is cerainly an AI liminary, but the above excerpt begs for a refreshed discussion summarizing leading ideas on what this new "AI-infused" world looks like. In a 2014 Bloomberg article, Ng stated "There will always be work for people who can synthesize information, think critically, and be flexible in how they act in different situations."(1) This logic worked for the Industrial Revolution (IR), and I'm sure it will certainly hold true for our lifetimes and perhaps a few generations onward. However, while steam engines and special purpose machines of the IR drastically increased productivity, displacing many physical labor jobs, humanity still carried the reserve of our intellect to fall back on in a post IR world. There was still a largely untapped reservoir of intellect and creativity. I suspect the transition to an AI-infused world will occur gradually over a few generations and my great grandchildren will have a much different sense of nastalgia and what it means to live a meaningful life in a world where people gladly receive a base wage and spend the day consuming the latest computer generated song, novel, or scientific white papers. A world where computer creations arrive at a pace and quality faster and higher than humans could never compete with, so why bother? In my current mindset, however, that just doesn't seem like a fun world to live in. Every single thing I do being far inferior to what a computer can do. If I were transplanted in that world, I think there would be many products where I would draw the line and opt for a good portion of non-AI generated products. Like a modern day Amish person I suppose. 1. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-12/your-job-taught-to-machines-puts-half-u-s-work-at-risk https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-12/your-job-...