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Efficiency improvements have never caused humans to do less work before, I'm not sure why it be any different now. If some jobs get replaced by AI I'm sure we'l

• hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
  TBH, this was exactly the type of response that fits my "well, technological advancement has always worked like this before" example. There are tons of processes that can "feel" infinite, but the reality is that you're often just on the front part of the curve, and as soon as you crest that curve, you realize very quickly that time will eventually run out. Saying that "technological efficiency improvements have always enabled humans to do other jobs it that past, that will continue indefinitely into the future" feels to me like saying "our 15 year old has averaged 4 inches of growth every year, clearly they'll be 20 feet tall by the time they're 60."
  • thfuran 4y ago
    Particularly as we're running up against global warming, pressuring for a reduction (or at least, not accelerated exponential growth) of global productivity.
  • ChatGTP 4y ago
    Saying that "technological efficiency improvements have always enabled humans to do other jobs it that past, that will continue indefinitely into the future" feels to me like saying "our 15 year old has averaged 4 inches of growth every year, clearly they'll be 20 feet tall by the time they're 60." By your logic, the same should apply to AI progress itself. Whether it stops before we're ruined as a species is anyone's guess, but it's interesting to believe that ChatGPT20 will by default 1000x better than ChatGPT4.