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RavenWolf1 t1_irxadgh wrote

>The technology underpinning many jobs of the near future hasn't even been invented yet.

Sure, and there is nothing which can be invented that AI can't do.

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beachmike t1_is4bq1s wrote

We don't know if conscious experience is beyond the ability of AIs, narrow or general. I have no doubt they will become very good at convincing us they are conscious. We will never really know since consciousness is a 1st person experience.

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RavenWolf1 t1_is5pwnh wrote

It doesn't matter if something is real or not as long as it works. “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

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beachmike t1_is93rhb wrote

It might not matter to you, but it matters to me and many others.

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Baron_Samedi_ t1_irxc6xc wrote

AI isn't there yet.

We can't just hand wave and say "AI" and suddenly another profession (that has not yet even been created) has been replaced.

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RavenWolf1 t1_is1dea5 wrote

AI surely isn't there yet but aren't we talking about post singularity?

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