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> society will collapse, The great promise of robotics and AI is the possibility of decoupling societal stability from the vagaries of the poor.
by admissionsguy 4y ago
> society will collapse,
The great promise of robotics and AI is the possibility of decoupling societal stability from the vagaries of the poor.
- borissk 4y agoHow? By having armies of semi-intelligent armed drones, that will kill the poor if they decide to riot?
- kolinko 4y agoBy bringing wealth so cheaply that it can be given away. We already have many things that are given away for free, whereas a 100 years ago they were considered luxury (books, pens, papers, access to knowledge in general, and in Europe - public transport and healthcare, plus to some extent food, heat and electricity).
- whiplash451 4y agoThen that’s not wealth anymore, because wealth is relative.
- Idiot_in_Vain 4y agoWould the wealthy and the powerfull be happy for everyone to become wealthy?
- kolinko 4y agoWhy not? If you’re a part of a startup ecosystem, you’ve seen how it works first hand - wealthy and successful sharing knowledge with the others.
- cornholio 4y agoThat's not the great promise of AI. The great promise is relieving humans from all types of labor and freeing their time to create, explore, imagine, love and live. But human time would only be useful for such goals if proper societal structures are put in place, which is a political issue, not a technological one. In our current compounding-capital model, what you get is a depreciation of all human capital to zero, therefore everybody who doesn't already own capital is fucked for eternity because they have nothing to compound and get the ball rolling. Zero social mobility, absolute polarization between an AI-owning class and an own-nothing class for as long as revolution is prevented.