User1539 t1_itwdnl6 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 8:04 PM

Reply to comment by Quealdlor in With all the AI breakthroughs and IT advancements the past year, how do people react these days when you try to discuss the nearing automation and AGI revolution? by AdditionalPizza

Yeah, the baby boomers retired in droves during covid, which I remember reading articles warning about 20 years ago.

Japan has been facing the same problem for much longer, as their birthrates drop and the population ages. That's partially why it has been largely Japanese companies trying to build robots to take care of the sick and elderly.

There are so many factors already at play, it's absurd to pretend we have any idea what's coming next.

Quealdlor t1_iu0rla5 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 6:25 PM

I think we will need methods to slow down aging and to automate various tasks really soon, in the 2030s as the latest.

User1539 t1_iu0syxw wrote on October 27, 2022 at 6:34 PM

Well, we need either one or the other, right? We either need to be 'young' enough to work forever, or we need robots to do all the work.

Of course, I'm hoping for both!