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> Alas, this never happens. it never happens because the amount of energy we can collect and consume is still insufficient. We have not reached post-scarcity,
by chii 2y ago
> Alas, this never happens.
it never happens because the amount of energy we can collect and consume is still insufficient. We have not reached post-scarcity, not even close in fact.
And i don't see a superior AI being capable of giving us post-scarcity, at least, not within this life time, nor the next. Perhaps in 100 years, that would be possible, if you'd want to be optimistic.
- rini17 2y agoIf AI can outrun hedonic treadmill that would be vast achievement. Even more so if nature isn't destroyed in the process.
- tonyedgecombe 2y ago>it never happens because the amount of energy we can collect and consume is still insufficient. Pretty much every developed country is overflowing with stuff, we just don't know how much is enough.
- kilroy123 2y agoWhy 100 years if there's exponential growth? I think it could be more like 50 years.
- kubb 2y agoWe haven't reached post scarcity, I grant you that, but we have reached a point where we could get away with much more leisure time than in the past. Either that, or all technology is useless.