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FourWaveforms@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

But what good is that if AI can do it anyway?

That is the crux of the issue.

Years ago the same thing was said about calculators, then graphing calculators. I had to drop a star class and take it again later because the dinosaur didn’t want me to use a graphing calculator.

Naturally they were all full of shit.

But this? This is different. AI is currently as good as a graphing calculator for some engineering tasks, horrible for some others, excellent at still others. It will get better over time. And what happens when it’s awesome at everything?

What is the use of being the smartest human when you’re easily outclassed by a machine?

If we get fully automated yadda yadda, do many of us turn into mush-brained idiots who sit around posting all day? Everyone retires and builds Adirondack chairs and sips mint juleps and whatever? (That would be pretty sweet. But how to get there without mass starvation and unrest?)

Alternately, do we have to do a Butlerian Jihad to get rid of it, and threaten execution to anyone who tries to bring it back… only to ensure we have capitalism and poverty forever?

These are the questions. You have to zoom out to see them.

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