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tripple13 t1_j70wvid wrote

History has shown what happens at technological breaking points. Yes, you may not want to earn a living as a horse carriage chauffeur, however, there are opportunity to become a car chauffeur.

I think your premise is wrong, it’s not about replacement, it’s about evolution.

It’s not about ‘threatening’ jobs, but improving certain aspects of it.

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visarga t1_j7127ha wrote

> It’s not about ‘threatening’ jobs, but improving certain aspects of it.

Jobs don't just exist by themselves, it's the people who demand products and services causing jobs to exist. In other words, they are a function of human needs and desires.

The question is - can automation satiate all our desires? I don't think so. We will invent new jobs and tasks because we will desire things automation can't provide yet. In a contest between human entitlement and AI advancement I think entitlement will always win - we will think everything we have is just basic stuff and want something more. If you asked people from 300 years ago what they think about our lifestyles they would think we already reached singularity, but we know we haven't because we feel already entitled to what we have.

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tripple13 t1_j71b0xh wrote

Certainly, one hundred per cent agree, if I understand you correctly.

Don't know about human entitlement, but from a simple time/energy-limitation perspective:

  • The more time and energy you have in surplus, the more you're able to achieve. Like what is stopping human kind from populating the universe?

I'm sure time and energy is some of the reasons.

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