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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?

by nl39 minutes ago|

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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.

by pixl9712 hours ago|

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This is like saying I don't need safety systems in a car because they can let me go to the grocery store faster.

We focus on stopping bad things because people and systems that don't prevent bad things tend to stop existing. A million good things can happen yet be rendered permanently in vain if one bad terrible thing occurs.

by nl10 hours ago|

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No, I'm not arguing that at all.

I think we should stop the bad things.

We don't stop building cars because there are crashes, we build better safety systems.

I'm against the doomer narrative ("AI will kill us all") not against a clear eyed approach to making safe systems.