ActuatorMaterial2846 t1_je3ze5a wrote on March 29, 2023 at 6:35 AM

In the words of a very famous book. "Don't panic! Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer."

lawandordercandidate OP t1_je3zjl9 wrote on March 29, 2023 at 6:37 AM

We should just outlaw it.

ActuatorMaterial2846 t1_je40on3 wrote on March 29, 2023 at 6:52 AM

Jokes aside, I'm not sure you are considering all variables with your post. Sam Altman isn't the be all end all of AI, and although he is a smart dude, he is not even the brains behind OpenAI's development.

Furthermore, OpenAI/Microsoft are not the only players. They are the biggest in the public/commercial sector, but there are many different organisations working on this technology.

Things will change, and they will change drastically. We haven't had a societal shift in living memory, the industrial revolution being the last major example, and this advancement will indeed be orders of magnitude bigger.

That doesn't mean we are "fucked", but it does mean, once again, a shift in human hierarchal structure. It possible that money may eventually be no longer relevant. There are so many factors to consider.

Then there are the obvious positives, especially when it comes to health and medical advancements, but unimaginable leisure and pleasurable activities will be at your finger tips ☺️.

The obvious negatives too, hair trigger defence systems and automatic robotic weapons, mass propaganda and misinformation, scamming etc.

The world is changing, capalism is not robust enough to withstand it, there will be a new order that we all will have to adapt to. Scary, but nothing suggests it will be bad or good overall, but certainly intense and different.

Civilisation is fluid and forever changing, we just typically don't live long enough to see it happen. That is changing as technology speeds towards singularity and we live longer, and soon possibly indefintily.

lawandordercandidate OP t1_je4115u wrote on March 29, 2023 at 6:57 AM

Thanks for giving me some relief.

lawandordercandidate OP t1_je4150p wrote on March 29, 2023 at 6:58 AM

I'm not worried about myself as much as I am about the population at large. I think the meritocracy is a great way to keep order. But that might just be my conditioning cuz it's actually been horrible for me.

And if no one had jobs the meritocracy would be lost and people would expect equal amounts of everything. When that's just not ever going to be the case.

But your post made me feel like maybe everyone can have equal parts.