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The solution is pretty easy though: Widespread enough ownership of robots. Making sure there are good open source versions of the robots should allow everyone t
by BenoitEssiambre 8y ago
The solution is pretty easy though: Widespread enough ownership of robots. Making sure there are good open source versions of the robots should allow everyone to benefit from robot labor. There will still be scarcity when it comes to land, energy and raw materials. We will have to tackle inequality of ownership of to these things, at least as long as we are earth bound.
- hk__2 8y ago> The solution is pretty easy though: Widespread enough ownership of robots. "Get everybody rich" is a solution to a lot of problems, but it’s not easy. > Making sure there are good open source versions of the robots should allow everyone to benefit from robot labor. Open-sourcing is a great thing, but does it really reduce the cost of building a robot?
- BenoitEssiambre 8y agoOnce robots are doing all the labor, and you have open source plans and code, the cost is only that of raw materials and energy.
- hk__2 8y ago> Once robots are doing all the labor, and you have open source plans and code, the cost is only that of raw materials and energy. You still have to pay the people who write those open-source plans and code, plus the ones who build these robots (or the one who build the robots that build the robots), and the ones who sell it. Also, maintainance and updates costs.
- BenoitEssiambre 8y agoNot once robots are doing all the labor. You just ask your robot to do it, or maybe your friends' robot if you don't have your first robot yet.
- hk__2 8y agoWith the current state of AI, the situation you’re describing won’t exist before a century, if it ever exists. You can’t call such thing an "easy" solution.