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AI is a good thing if it takes all jobs. The bad thing is the non-stop messing with standards and EEE. Because it makes existing jobs unbearable.

alharith 7y ago
This thinking needs to stop. Seriously, just stop saying things like this. It's a rose-colored tech-bubble view of the world. Even if the "automation utopia" theories are correct the thinking that "man being free to pursue their passions" will increase happiness is a pipe dream at best, a complete lack of understanding of human psychology at worse. We are human: hedonic adaptation was one of our mechanisms for survival. Nevermind the fact that the sudden dramatic shift in employment prospects for entire industries will cause disruption far beyond what our bureaucratic systems will even hope to keep up with, and the mass suffering sure to ensure as a result of millions of displaced workers and human beings now without purpose. Stop perpetuating this shit. Please.
- zachthewf 7y ago
  How can you assert with such confidence that the elimination of mundane jobs would obviously be a negative force in the world? In fact, plenty of humans do stop working by choice; we call this "retirement". It tends to be a highlight of life as long as a retiree can maintain their health. Yes, it is a challenge to find purpose outside of work for some, but many people rise to that challenge: many retirees pursue hobbies, arts, athletics, and social functions with at least the same vigor that they once applied to work. Other people work their whole lives at unfulfilling jobs due to real or imagined pressures around making money, despite other interests which they would prefer to pursue. Your second paragraph is correct. In the short-term, technological elimination of jobs will cause great disruption and misfortune to certain workers (and we should implement policies that assuage the damage). We may have to adopt dramatically more progressive government services. The social vacuum once filled by professional relationships will need to be filled by new, different social institutions. But that's the nature of creative destruction; sometimes getting to a better global state causes local pain.

alharith 7y ago

This thinking needs to stop. Seriously, just stop saying things like this. It's a rose-colored tech-bubble view of the world. Even if the "automation utopia" theories are correct the thinking that "man being free to pursue their passions" will increase happiness is a pipe dream at best, a complete lack of understanding of human psychology at worse. We are human: hedonic adaptation was one of our mechanisms for survival. Nevermind the fact that the sudden dramatic shift in employment prospects for entire industries will cause disruption far beyond what our bureaucratic systems will even hope to keep up with, and the mass suffering sure to ensure as a result of millions of displaced workers and human beings now without purpose. Stop perpetuating this shit. Please.

zachthewf 7y ago
How can you assert with such confidence that the elimination of mundane jobs would obviously be a negative force in the world? In fact, plenty of humans do stop working by choice; we call this "retirement". It tends to be a highlight of life as long as a retiree can maintain their health. Yes, it is a challenge to find purpose outside of work for some, but many people rise to that challenge: many retirees pursue hobbies, arts, athletics, and social functions with at least the same vigor that they once applied to work. Other people work their whole lives at unfulfilling jobs due to real or imagined pressures around making money, despite other interests which they would prefer to pursue. Your second paragraph is correct. In the short-term, technological elimination of jobs will cause great disruption and misfortune to certain workers (and we should implement policies that assuage the damage). We may have to adopt dramatically more progressive government services. The social vacuum once filled by professional relationships will need to be filled by new, different social institutions. But that's the nature of creative destruction; sometimes getting to a better global state causes local pain.