Yep, and now you know why all the tech companies suddenly became VERY politically active. This future isn’t compatible with democracy. Once these companies no longer provide employment their benefit to society becomes a big fat question mark.
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ignirtoq@feddit.online 4 weeks ago
We’re about to face a crisis nobody’s talking about. In 10 years, who’s going to mentor the next generation? The developers who’ve been using AI since day one won’t have the architectural understanding to teach. The product managers who’ve always relied on AI for decisions won’t have the judgment to pass on. The leaders who’ve abdicated to algorithms won’t have the wisdom to share.
Except we are talking about that, and the tech bro response is “in 10 years we’ll have AGI and it will do all these things all the time permanently.” In their roadmap, there won’t be a next generation of software developers, product managers, or mid-level leaders, because AGI will do all those things faster and better than humans. There will just be CEOs, the capital they control, and AI.
What’s most absurd is that, if that were all true, that would lead to a crisis much larger than just a generational knowledge problem in a specific industry. It would cut regular workers entirely out of the economy, and regular workers form the foundation of the economy, so the entire economy would collapse.
“Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.”
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
According to a study, the lower top 10% accounts for something like 68% of cash flow in the economy. Us plebs are being cut out all together.
That being said, I think if people can’t afford to eat, things might bet bad. We will probably end up a kept population in these ghouls fever dreams.
Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Once Boston Dynamic style dogs and Androids can operate over a number of days independently, I’d say all bets are off that we would be kept around as pets.
I’m fairly certain your Musks and Altmans would be content with a much smaller human population existing to only maintain their little bubble and damn everything else.
kreskin@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
We’re all idiots. Even the titans of industry-- sit down with then-- they are idiots, at best. narcissists and criminals at worst. At least you and I lack the power to be that awful with our idiocy.
krashmo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
What does lower top 10% mean?
Randelung@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Also, even if we make it through a wave of bullshit and all these companies fail in 10 years, the next wave will be ready and waiting, spouting the same crap - until it’s actually true (or close enough to be bearable financially). We can’t wait any longer to get this shit under control.
grue@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That’s why they’re all-in on authoritarianism.