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you do realize that the constant evolution of smart computers would eventually remove the need of you as a researcher and leave absolutely everyone unemployed?
by jcfrei 13y ago
you do realize that the constant evolution of smart computers would eventually remove the need of you as a researcher and leave absolutely everyone unemployed?
would you know what to do when all of your work would essentially be shallow and useless? can you entertain yourself 24h?
- rjtavares 13y agoI certainly can. Just thinking of the movies and TV shows I missed, the books I never read, essays I never wrote, recipes I never tried, places I didn't visit... (of course, I would procrastinate all of these things even if I had the time to do them...)
- phryk 13y agoActually I'm totally amazed when thinking about the possibilities we might get with supportive AIs and implants to boost our neural power. And even if we're not needed for research it doesn't take the joy out of doing it anyways; Learning is pretty much self-rewarding. Plus there will always be enough projects to keep yourself busy, even if it's "just" organizing the next rave, party or other social event. But before that happens we will have plenty of new frontiers to conquer.
- James_Duval 13y agoI imagine that small enclaves and communes with DIY aesthetics would start to spring up everywhere. Look at the Raspberry Pi - only today a tutorial on creating a basic Pi command-line OS was front page of Hacker News. And yet we all have access to highly sophisticated operating systems with slick GUIs. Discovery and exploration is its own reward. It doesn't matter if someone or something else has already discovered it.