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> AI and automation are evil. Nobody appreciates the fact that the only reason human beings generally enjoy a good life is because they possess a resource that

> AI and automation are evil. Nobody appreciates the fact that the only reason human beings generally enjoy a good life is because they possess a resource that cannot be found anywhere else or reproduced by any means. As soon as that is no longer true, life as we know it will cease to exist. It depends. Our reason to exist could simply be our own pleasure. As long as the automation serves us rather than destroys us, it will be fine. There is plenty of fiction that contemplates this going badly. If you're interested in what it might look like for it to go well, try reading a book from the Culture series (not Consider Phlebas, though).

nuguy 8y ago
If ai can do a job more efficiently it will be used for that job. Each market and each player in each market will selfishly automate while knowing that if everyone automated the world will end. The holdouts will be overrun by automatons and the whole thing will tip over. Countries that automate high level executive functions will win conflicts against organic countries. It will ratchet forward. If the technology is out there do you really think it can be partitioned perfectly into pleasure robots? You think Iran or North Korea won’t try to use it? If it exists it will be used. Unstable configuration like I said.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 8y ago
  Well, it's gonna happen anyway. About as much point worrying about it as the heat death of the universe. Best to enjoy yourself today and strive to make the world a better place.
  - PavlovsCat 8y ago
    How are you improving the world with this "oh well" response? How come you just accept what "will happen anyway", but can't accept a person taking it more seriously than you? Nothing just "happens", people do it. Taking a stand and enjoying life aren't contradictions, to the contrary, taking a stand is an expression of vitality.
  - nuguy 8y ago
    You can’t pick and choose what is within your influence and what’s not. If the outcome of a system is both subject to your influence (to any degree) and also pre-determined then you are saying you don’t believe in free will — you are then in contradiction with yourself when you decide to take action on your own behalf for any reason as you surely have. The only correct path forward is one where you bear the weight of the knowledge that your actions have an impact on the world.

nuguy 8y ago

If ai can do a job more efficiently it will be used for that job. Each market and each player in each market will selfishly automate while knowing that if everyone automated the world will end. The holdouts will be overrun by automatons and the whole thing will tip over. Countries that automate high level executive functions will win conflicts against organic countries. It will ratchet forward. If the technology is out there do you really think it can be partitioned perfectly into pleasure robots? You think Iran or North Korea won’t try to use it? If it exists it will be used. Unstable configuration like I said.

asdfasgasdgasdg 8y ago
Well, it's gonna happen anyway. About as much point worrying about it as the heat death of the universe. Best to enjoy yourself today and strive to make the world a better place.
- PavlovsCat 8y ago
  How are you improving the world with this "oh well" response? How come you just accept what "will happen anyway", but can't accept a person taking it more seriously than you? Nothing just "happens", people do it. Taking a stand and enjoying life aren't contradictions, to the contrary, taking a stand is an expression of vitality.
- nuguy 8y ago
  You can’t pick and choose what is within your influence and what’s not. If the outcome of a system is both subject to your influence (to any degree) and also pre-determined then you are saying you don’t believe in free will — you are then in contradiction with yourself when you decide to take action on your own behalf for any reason as you surely have. The only correct path forward is one where you bear the weight of the knowledge that your actions have an impact on the world.