Comment by mmcnl
4 days ago
Maybe I'm too doomer, but if a large portion of the population becomes economically worthless, how can this not have a destructive effect on society? It would be easier for anyone with power if you wouldn't exist. How would that not lead to corrosion of basic human rights (or worse) and the spawn of a new permanent underclass which you cannot escape from? It sounds very dystopian but if AI is left unchecked this will happen imo.
It already has happened with technologies before AI. The internet itself in many ways has disrupted communities a lot with the net effect being the erosion of individuality and value placed on the uniqueness of people. AI is just the next stage in the cohesion of technology against the human spirit.
So it's already happening and is just strengthening now with AI.