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Those predictions came from who exactly? Assuming that their vision was well-intentioned (insofar as having the government subsidize GPS development was well-i
by _gmax0 4y ago
Those predictions came from who exactly?
Assuming that their vision was well-intentioned (insofar as having the government subsidize GPS development was well-intentioned by selling them the fact that it could not be extended to support commercial use), those predictions were fundamentally flawed without understanding the cynical side of human nature.
- badestrand 4y agoAlso we have constant progress of automation and technology since thousands of years already, so there would need to be a reason why this step out of all steps suddenly elevates us to Eden.
- cratermoon 4y agoThis deserves an answer. It's not this step. That step was back in the Industrial Revolution. Prior to that, humans relied mostly on muscle power. Either our own or animals. Sure, there were watermills and other things, but those were location-dependent. For tens of thousands of years the only reliable way to get things done was for a human or animal to lift, pull, push, or whatever. Now comes the AI, or really LLM, revolution. All the mental gruntwork humans are still stuck doing, underutilizing their brains, can now be done by computers, so the hype says. Between the massive reduction in the need for physical labor and the removal of the need for mental labor, why shouldn't people be living a much more leisurely life? Why should the fruits of labor reduction only accrue upward, while billions are still chained to jobs producing those fruits?