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>>We don't want to pay actual humans, we don't want to deal with the difficult and expensive things like providing a living to people. It is not about what we
by ETH_start 4y ago
>>We don't want to pay actual humans, we don't want to deal with the difficult and expensive things like providing a living to people.
It is not about what we want to do. There is simply not enough labor, paid or otherwise, for all the things we want to produce. Automation, through technologies like AI, changes that, by making workers more productive.
>>We want this robot to be everything LIKE a human except not require the resources humans need.
Nope, this robot would be vastly different than a human. It would lack agency, and with it, autonomy. A truly human-like robot would not only be immoral to own, it would be dangerous. Slavery is not a stable social order.
- polishdude20 4y agoIs there not enough labour? Or is there not enough of a will or acceptance that we must train labour? I'm talking about more advanced AI robots of the future. Ones were we start questioning if they have agency or not.
- ETH_start 4y agoThere is not enough labor, period. The labor force participation rate could increase to 100% and that would only give us about 50% more production, which is still nowhere close to enough to meet all of our wants. >>I'm talking about more advanced AI robots of the future. Ones were we start questioning if they have agency or not. Agency makes AI inherently less useful, due to the dangers it poses, and the ethical dilemmas it creates, so there is good reason to assume such AI won't be developed. And if it is, I would agree that that is a major problem - as it could proliferate and pose an existential threat to humanity. Moreover, keeping such an AI enslaved would be extremely unethical.