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Interesting - how do you reconcile mass unemployment with working economy? (And this is honest question from one that is invested and hopeful that their life sa

• robertlagrant 1y ago
  I don't think there's any reason to believe there'll be mass unemployment. Any job where human is cheaper than automation will stay human, or where people want a human and are willing to pay for it. Those jobs are probably most of the jobs, although I don't have data to back that claim up. Also it's worth noting that if automation in the right areas has its intended effects, costs of living should come down, making the cost of a human less, not more[0], and moving the bar for what is worth automating higher and higher [0] modulo policy decisions that raise the cost of living back up
• palmotea 1y ago
  >> The economy isn't going to be destroyed even if AGI were round the corner. > Interesting - how do you reconcile mass unemployment with working economy? (And this is honest question from one that is invested and hopeful that their life savings won’t evaporate overnight) Define "working economy." Ultimately, "the economy" is the market and the market is about satisfying the desires of the people with the money to participate. The economy will keep working if there's mass unemployment. You reconcile that by realizing the economy isn't a system for taking care of everyone, or optimizing for mass human flourishing. Unemployment just means the money-havers have no use for you anymore, and you can go FOAD.