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To be FAIR, I started my original comment quoting the author of the article, who didn't say AI freeing us from toil would be a utopia. He specifically said, "pr
by vouaobrasil 3y ago
To be FAIR, I started my original comment quoting the author of the article, who didn't say AI freeing us from toil would be a utopia. He specifically said, "provide for our every need". Big difference.
- theptip 3y agoI see, that wasn’t how I read “wants” in that passage, but I agree it’s a valid interpretation. Maybe the author does intend to include everything up to the top of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as “wants”. Will AI meet our needs for love, friendship, and self-actualization? That’s more problematic. Though I could still see room for utopia if it does; would the world not be a better place if there was “universal basic friendship” and nobody was completely abandoned? In that world we might still prefer human companions, yet never fall into complete loneliness.