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That's not that big a worry. People strive and aspire no matter what their conditions. We've got loads of wildly unsatisfied billionaires. There's no meaningful
by Applejinx 3y ago
That's not that big a worry. People strive and aspire no matter what their conditions. We've got loads of wildly unsatisfied billionaires. There's no meaningful difference between them and 'welfare queens' at the most basic level.
In the absence of want, people will invent want. Supply all the conditions of a totally unexamined life and people will look to status, or acquisition, as if it is life. People will manufacture what they call meaning within the context of their frame of reference.
- PodgieTar 3y agoSure, but that's not quite what I mean. I'm not necessarily worried about a life without meaning, or want. Hell, in the absolutely best case AI enables that utopian world of allowing people to focus on their passions and achieve their best selves. But that's not the world we currently live in. I'm worried the job losses will be slow, and that many people will suffer because we have our antiquated notions of the world. That we will let people starve, because it's their own fault for not working (in this new world, devoid of work.) And that those attitudes will persist because those at the top will be some of the last to be fully effected.