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I don't understand how that relates to my comment.

• slothtrop 3y ago
  Unless you think everyone else is lying, people can and do find meaning in their lives, in the activities they love. AI has no bearing on that (just careers) so there's no reason to believe it would "accelerate" anything.
  • elwell 3y ago
    Thanks for taking the time to explain. I do kind of think people are lying (to themselves). Ignorance is (temporary) bliss. I'm seeking lasting meaning; not 'meaning' that dissolves after a season, or at best, at the end of a life. What I meant by 'accelerat[ing] the realization' is that all of our earthly desires will more readily be fulfilled, and we will see that we still feel empty. AI is like enabling a new cheat code in the game of life, and when you have unlimited ammo the FPS becomes really fun for a moment but then loses its meaning quickly.
    • slothtrop 3y ago
      > I do kind of think people are lying Of course you do. Your worldview depends on it. > I'm seeking lasting meaning I can get that too. We're the arbiters of meaning in our lives. > earthly desires will more readily be fulfilled, and we will see that we still feel empty You misunderstand if you believe that the secular perspective on meaning is to reach it through sensualism, by consuming. That is all that AI can more readily fulfill.