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The biggest risk is AI becoming economic agents - the elite will then have less and less need for human consumers, who will lose political power and protections
by hyperthesis 4y ago
The biggest risk is AI becoming economic agents - the elite will then have less and less need for human consumers, who will lose political power and protections, slowly diminish. Then... AI will slowly take over the elite, until there is no one left. Earth will spin endlessly through space, soulless.
Of course, that's not how AIs see it.
- luckylion 4y ago> Earth will spin endlessly through space, soulless. Religion is on the decline, who still believes in souls?
- tsol 4y ago85% of the global population identify with a religion
- luckylion 4y agoYes, but there's generally a disconnect. If you merely identify with a religion as in "the cultural context and some rituals" it's different than truly, actually believing e.g. that there's life after death and Jesus awaits and you'll go to bootcamp for the ultimate battle between light and darkness that occurs at some point. But at that point, you probably either believe that earth is endlessly spinning through space (with or without souls), or you really, truly believe in souls and whatever else some religion suggests (like parting seas with your will, or flying around with god at night because he wants to show you things).
- babyshake 4y agoMaybe that won't be so much of an ecological disaster. AIs don't need golf courses and marble kitchen counters.
- inkcapmushroom 4y agoIf they're "made in our image" I don't see why they wouldn't. Even if they can't use a pool, maybe it's a status symbol in AI society to own physical space with such luxuries in it.