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kmtrp OP t1_isvbhmv wrote

Reply to comment by whatTheBumfuck in Talked to people minimizing/negating potential AI impact in their field? eg: artists, coders... by kmtrp

People kept doing portraits of people when cameras were invented, sure, but only 0.001% would now keep making a living with that while 99.999% were suddenly out of a job.

Because the group "I want whatever that works that is cheaper, faster etc" is giganourmous compared to "I want it made by a human regardless of time, price etc".

In short: most demand disappears.

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whatTheBumfuck t1_iszb842 wrote

Post scarcity, not really. Everyone will have a box that can generate objects out of air and soil or whatever matter you have laying around. There will be no companies that mass produce stuff. It'll just be assemblers all the way down. So your options will be get the assembler version or get the handmade version. Money won't be a thing, but status and prestige will become the main "currency" used to "purchase" time shares of a person's or entities attention. The uber rich today work this way already. When you have billions your most scare resource is your time and attention.

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