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> What are we gonna do about the ever increasing N+1% of people who won’t be cost effective versus an AI? Their quality of life will increase because of all th

> What are we gonna do about the ever increasing N+1% of people who won’t be cost effective versus an AI? Their quality of life will increase because of all the cheap stuff we can make with ai and robots. They will coexist and compete with robots. Upward mobility should be better, given the access to advanced technology. Worst case scenario, they can all band together outside of the advanced civilisation, grow their food and live a separate life. There is no need to make high iq people to pay for low iq to live in a high iq society. We're already seeing a divide of cities for rich people and cities for poor people. It will just be more pronounced.

Epa095 4y ago
> Their quality of life will increase because of all the cheap stuff we can make with ai and robots. Ahh, the old "modern poor people are better off than medevial kings since we have microwaves and supercomputers in our pockets". No matter that they are all stressed, living paycheck to paycheck and a single (treatable) disease from crippling debt.
- MichaelZuo 4y ago
  > single (treatable) disease from crippling debt. This sounds a lot better than being a single (treatable) disease from guaranteed death? Which many, many, historical monarchs experienced. At least some fraction of such monarchs would have gladly taken the opportunity to swap places if they had known in advance.
  - antifa 4y ago
    > This sounds a lot better than You can justify pretty much any horrible thing with "sounds better than a torment nexus"
    - MichaelZuo 4y ago
      What's a 'torment nexus'?
TheOtherHobbes 4y ago
By the same logic there's also no need for high IQ AIs to pay for low IQ humans. It's all fun and games until suddenly you're the one on the outside, wondering how you get there.
OOPMan 4y ago
Right...we make stuff cheaper than ever before...but because all these people don't have jobs they can't afford it anyway...

Epa095 4y ago

> Their quality of life will increase because of all the cheap stuff we can make with ai and robots. Ahh, the old "modern poor people are better off than medevial kings since we have microwaves and supercomputers in our pockets". No matter that they are all stressed, living paycheck to paycheck and a single (treatable) disease from crippling debt.

MichaelZuo 4y ago
> single (treatable) disease from crippling debt. This sounds a lot better than being a single (treatable) disease from guaranteed death? Which many, many, historical monarchs experienced. At least some fraction of such monarchs would have gladly taken the opportunity to swap places if they had known in advance.
- antifa 4y ago
  > This sounds a lot better than You can justify pretty much any horrible thing with "sounds better than a torment nexus"
  - MichaelZuo 4y ago
    What's a 'torment nexus'?

TheOtherHobbes 4y ago

By the same logic there's also no need for high IQ AIs to pay for low IQ humans. It's all fun and games until suddenly you're the one on the outside, wondering how you get there.

OOPMan 4y ago

Right...we make stuff cheaper than ever before...but because all these people don't have jobs they can't afford it anyway...