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[deleted] t1_its1mu8 wrote

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Baron_Samedi_ t1_its69yy wrote

There is a school of thought that we will ultimately need to become fully integrated with intelligent machines, or we are basically screwed.

The image that calls to mind for me is worrisome.

Today, I pay a telecom for the privilege of using this brain augmenting device I am holding in my hand. I use it to access all human knowledge, culture, and so forth, and it gives me an extra edge that I didn't have before. The moment I stop paying, it stops working. I can live without it, but it is something I have come to depend on. Not having a phone can be a real hassle.

So, what happens when nanobots in my brain are connecting me to my phone, essentially making me an internet node? Am still I paying T-Com for internet access, or is internet access a basic human right, at that point? If I suddenly find I cannot pay... it could be a serious life altering issue - debilitating, even, in a more technologically advanced culture.

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norby2 t1_itsqjbk wrote

Nothin is free baby.

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Baron_Samedi_ t1_ittue0a wrote

Sunshine and laying in the grass watching the clouds and the wind in your hair and a perfect sunset... An awful lot of the best stuff is pretty near free, baby.

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AdditionalPizza OP t1_its6yvg wrote

So you think companies will choose to increase output infinitely while AI improves, rather than save money on wages? There's only so much productivity to be had when something you're selling has a limited customer base. It'd be a weird world where we all still have to work even though we have an over abundance of material goods, living standards, and wealth.

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Djaii t1_itsbhi8 wrote

Please… what else do you think everyone will do? Just enjoy all of the leisure time?

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AdditionalPizza OP t1_itsds1o wrote

I honestly have no clue. Predicting the economy is impossible, especially when you can't really predict the variables. I'm looking for an answer that makes sense instead of the same ideas that don't.

It doesn't make sense to increase productivity and output in tandem with humans infinitely. Not only will AI have much higher intellect than humans, most humans won't be able to do highly intellectual jobs. So that leaves labour and skilled positions that AI haven't been able to automate and only a handful of people can do. The labour careers won't have high salaries, especially if they could be replaced with automated systems but it's just due to cost.

So we will live in a world where the majority is working low wage, unskilled jobs while companies produce an over-abundance of products that people can't afford? Who will their customers be?

You could argue automation would decrease prices, but that decreases prices of robots because they're essentially a product to be produced, and that makes low skilled labourers' cost more than automation.

I haven't heard much that's more convincing than just enjoying leisure time, even though that feels like a pipe dream.

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