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Why would it be limited to a few people? If the impacts are as far reaching as people expect an open source AGI will be inevitable. Useful algorithms are very h
by valine 3y ago
Why would it be limited to a few people? If the impacts are as far reaching as people expect an open source AGI will be inevitable. Useful algorithms are very hard to keep secret.
I imagine a future with few jobs, where everyone is largely self sufficient. Would that really be so bad?
- TerrifiedMouse 3y agoDoesn't matter if AGI is open source. The main problem is the devaluing of human labor which a lot of people today trade for vital goods and services. People who own nothing that can produce continuous value will not have anything to trade with in the long term and will effectively be excluded from the economy.
- valine 3y agoYou're describing a post scarcity world. The whole point of an economy is to manage scarcity, talking about economic value post AGI is nonsensical. The responsibility to produce and distribute goods post AGI will fall to the government. Your doomsday scenario only exists in a world where the government purposefully chooses to deprive its citizens. People who don't want to depend on the government could always spin up their own AGI and become self sufficient. Some solar panels, a few robots and some farmable land are probably all you need when it comes down to it.
- TerrifiedMouse 3y agoIt’s not post-scarcity. There are still limits to the amount of material goods we can produce even though services are effectively free - but not completely free. People who own the means of production, the factories, the mines, the farms, the power stations, … etc. will control who they sell their goods to and for how much. Having to rely on the government is scary. If you got a bad government you are so screwed. You have nigh zero leverage as you have nothing to offer anyone.