Comment by colesantiago
5 months ago
Can anyone explain how this research benefits humanity for OpenAI's mission?
OpenAI's AGI mission statement
> "By AGI we mean highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work."
https://openai.com/index/how-should-ai-systems-behave/
I would have to admit some humility as I sort of brought this on myself [1]
> This is a fantastic idea. Perhaps then this should be the next test for these SWE Agents, in the same manner as the 'Will Smith Eats Spaghetti" video tests
For the same reason you don't have to grow your own food. The economic value of food didn't vanish over the course of the 20th century, even though about 95% of the workforce engaged in food production in the early 1900s was no longer needed by the early 2000s.
After the mythical, long-promised "singularity," you can still do your current job if you want to, just as you can still grow your own food. But you will probably have better things to do.
People don't work for fun they work for money. Since we're a service economy the only job i can think of remaining is a publican
Thus missing my point entirely.
The same thing that happened to all those farmers will happen to us.