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You are totally misunderstanding the point. I am talking about the hypothetical AGI/ASI scenario where ALL jobs are replaced by machines. Not just software development. The economic value of human labour drops to zero. This is not just about me and my own little career. It would impact everyone.

This is a serious topic that is being discussed and debated at a high level. It is an existential threat to human society. It could be catastrophically disruptive. No one knows how it would play out. There could be severe economic inequality and stratification of society unlike anything we have seen in the past.

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SirMaster 3 days ago | parent [-]

IMO there's no point in average people worrying about something like that.

That's like worrying about the Yellowstone supervolcano erupting.

No matter how much you worry and prepare, it's all over, so why worry or prepare?

IMO it's like a doomsday prepper. Sure you may live a little longer in your bunker, but who even wants to live like that for very long?

	▲	voidspark 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I am actually not worried about my situation. ASI is unlikely to arrive that soon. HN is a place for nerds to discuss technology and its future impact. Nothing has more disruptive potential than AI. "Governments worldwide (e.g., US AI Executive Order, UK AI Safety Summit, EU AI Act), international organizations (UN), leading AI researchers (including pioneers like Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio who have voiced strong concerns), major tech companies, and dedicated research institutes (like the Future of Life Institute, Machine Intelligence Research Institute, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk) are actively discussing, researching, and debating the implications and safety of advanced AI." "If ASI concentrates wealth and power in the hands of those who own or control it, while simultaneously rendering most human labor economically valueless, the resulting inequality could dwarf historical examples based on land, capital, or industrial technology ownership. It raises fundamental questions about resource distribution and societal structure in a post-labor world."