Comment by mahogany
14 hours ago
The internet did not lead to a rapid diminishing of human economic value across the economy. Whether AI will kill us all is a distraction. Think more practically. Think about the future of economic value given a scenario where AI is capable of everything a human can do. Our entire society is built around economic value. Our individual survival and wellbeing is based on it. What happens when you are not needed by those who hold the resources?
I agree there will be economic disruption.
The industrial revolution produced economic disruption.
More recently I remember there were typing pools at my dad's work and there was serious concerns about what jobs women would do because personal computers meant they weren't needed.
Turns out in both cases people were blinded by biases around future work looking like current work.