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Comment by scoofy

9 days ago

If we get AGI and fully autonomous robot assistants, we'll live in a post scarcity world like Star Trek, or somebody in control the robots will use them to enslave all of humanity... so... high variance outcome could go either way.

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scoofy

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insane_dreamer  8 days ago

given the history of humanity, the post-scarcity world of Star Trek seems highly unlikely

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