Decades is a long time, by then the world will be much different. You could extend this argument to any advancement: "people only talk about the benefits of agr

Decades is a long time, by then the world will be much different. You could extend this argument to any advancement: "people only talk about the benefits of agriculture. Nobody talks about how once we go from hunter-gatherers to large groups, we'll discover industrialization and cause large-scale climate change." Though we do need to prepare for AI replacement, I think we'll be much more successful pushing for things like UBI than pushing against things like AI assistants. > Previously the vast majority of information was obtained with people's names attached to them. All Stackoverflow answers have names attached to them, and articles on the internet too. > Information sharing has always had two functions in human history: bonding humans together and trading useful information I'm sorry but I disagree. When I see StackOverflow answers or random articles I rarely remember the associated name, unless they're especially notable (e.g. Eric Lippert). And I'm not sure about the vast majority, lots of Stack Overflow and Reddit answers are under pseudonyms. I'm in academia. I believe that when people contribute to the pool of knowledge, the knowledge comes first and their credit comes second; not to be forgotten, but not something most people need to know. When applying for jobs and bragging to people I can show off that I discovered or invented X, but people learning or using X don't need to know my name. I don't think most people asking technical questions are looking for "bonding", they're just looking for an answer to the question. I talk with colleagues about things like opinions and the latest hot topic, but AI isn't going to replace these discussions.