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It seems to bizarre to me that of all the potential problems with AI, people seem to focus on employment. Like seriously, if we create AI good enough to displac
by Zarath 9y ago
It seems to bizarre to me that of all the potential problems with AI, people seem to focus on employment. Like seriously, if we create AI good enough to displace a majority of humans from employment, I feel like we may have other things to worry about.
- tluyben2 9y agoYou are probably talking about something else, but the worrying should be about wealth distribution after the robots (eventually) take over. No more 'normal' employment can and should be seen as a positive for humanity but not if the production is owned by a handful of people. To me that seems more dangerous than the chance of Terminators roaming the streets.
- gumby 9y agoIn a post-scarcity environment where robots do essentially all the work, thus the marginal cost of goods approaches 0, the point of money will be as a signalling mechanism (more iPhones and t-shorts, please; less Kale and paperclips, please) rather than as a reservoir of wealth. It's not at all clear to me what some weenies will try to use to signify wealth and status, but it need not be money.
- tomjen3 9y agoThere is a difference between the world that has no jobs for people not in a handful of professions because they have each been replaced by different, specialized AI/machinery and not yet human level general AI. The not yet human level general AI will become human and then post human level very, very quickly and, so long as it is friendly, humanity wins all the things. The danger will be in the journey from the state you describe to the end goal - once we are there feeding people will be no issue and everyone will be obsolete anyway.