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by istypwbasofotso3 hours ago |
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upvoteby iugtmkbdfil8342 hours ago|
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<< What good is curing every disease and solving every math problem if it just leads to longer emptier lives?

Yes, my cancer is cured, but I feel empty inside. I will take my chances with emptiness, thank you. At least with it have a chance it will get better on its own.

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upvoteby flowerlad3 hours ago|
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> just leads to longer emptier lives

This is the argument made by the Unabomber manifesto [1]. Maybe we should have listened to him?

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/unab...

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upvoteby xyzsparetimexyz3 hours ago|
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What? I see your "good" future as one where every apartment buikding has a basketball team and you compete against the others in your neighborhood for fun. For example. Do you seriously imagine a world like that would be empty and lacking meaning. In such a scenario AI takes away a lot, sure, but it also gives a a fair bit, most importantly time.
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upvoteby istypwbasofotso2 hours ago|
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> Do you seriously imagine a world like that would be empty and lacking meaning

Yes. I think that being useful is a fundamental (and often understated) requirement of a happy fulfilling life.

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upvoteby awfulneutral1 hours ago|
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I have been wondering if this just isn't a problem for most people, because for me it feels like a major problem. We sometimes find our reliance on other humans to be a burden, so we are optimizing towards a future where each human can do all their tasks without involving other humans. But this reliance was the whole basis of our success up until now.

When AI solves 100 frontier math problems, in some sense that's 100 lost opportunities for a human to feel proud and useful, having done something they can remember and talk about for the rest of their lives. I don't see where that loss gets made up.

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upvoteby jeanpah2 hours ago|
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It Will be like that movie zardos where everyone just keep looking at the sky
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upvoteby adamtaylor_132 hours ago|
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This is an unbelievably nihilistic take.

I can tell you don't have anyone in your life suffering from debilitating disease, so I'll assume flippancy rather than malice here.

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upvoteby istypwbasofotso1 hours ago|
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Alright, we can let the AI cure the diseases and we won't use it for anything else. Deal?
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