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I think this is ridiculously flippant. If software engineering and the hardest math is solved, that means that eventually a majority of professions and knowledg
by throwaway1921 23d ago
I think this is ridiculously flippant. If software engineering and the hardest math is solved, that means that eventually a majority of professions and knowledge work is solved. This is hugely problematic because of the way our society currently functions. People need jobs to eat, pay for housing, etc.
Dismissing it as "innovations have happened before" is disingenuous. Yes, innovations have happened, but none of those threatened to automate all human work in existence.
- piloto_ciego 23d agoOur current society will certainly not survive. Read Mark Fisher’s capitalist realism. You’re right that all most works are “cooked.”
- int_19h 22d ago> that means that eventually a majority of professions and knowledge work is solved. This is hugely problematic because of the way our society currently functions. Our society has functioned very differently in the past, precisely because the technology level made some things viable (or profitable) that aren't so anymore. One would hope that, rather than abandoning technological progress, we'll rather adjust our society to it. I mean, seriously, read what you just wrote. You're literally saying that solving scarcity is a problem because of the way our society currently functions - because people "need jobs to eat, pay for housing, etc". And you're correct! But what does it tell you about our society that robots capable of producing everything that humans might need is a problem for it?