and this is good?

ToValueFunfetti 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's good that we'd be able to increase the amount of goods and services produced and reduce prices. For example, a lot of people would benefit from access to cheap, reliable heart surgery within a few days of learning they needed it. It would be good if the exponential growth that has elevated our wellbeing for the last millenia wasn't tethered to exponential population growth that would be disastrous if we even expected it to continue.

It would be bad to remove demand for humans from the economy, of course. Humans have inherent moral value, and so it's good that our current system gives them economic value as well. But there's more than one way to achieve that end, and the massive quantity on the good side of the scale suggests it may be worth investigating the others instead of opposing the advancement outright.

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andsoitis 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If all goes well, imagine a world in which you work because you want to not because you have to.

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IAmGraydon 20 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I'm really curious - are the people who keep saying this in denial or lacking in a basic education in economics? You can imagine all you want, but this is absolutely not a possible outcome.

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mmh0000 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think this is way too optimistic. I suspect these things will be only available to the already-quite-wealthy. While the poor (i.e., not billionaires) are left to rot and starve without jobs, property, or livelihoods. Then, when the poors (i.e. us) become too much of a headache, these things will be deployed to murder the poors (i.e. me).

I am imagining a world somewhere between the movie Elysium and Oblivion.

	▲	Marha01 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> I suspect these things will be only available to the already-quite-wealthy. Initially, sure. But the price will come down in time, just like with any other technology in history.

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georgemcbay an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> If all goes well, imagine a world in which you work because you want to not because you have to.

And if all goes bad, imagine a world in which you and your family are homeless and starve to death.

Luckily the politicians and business leaders in place today who are going to be responsible for navigating us to one of these outcomes are the adults in the room, very ethical, even keeled and not the least bit corrupt. So... we should be fine! /s

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wffurr 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's good for capital holders. It does imply a further shift in the distribution of wealth though with all the attendant implications thereof.

I question the premise that humanoid robots are "around the corner". I suspect this will turn out more like self-driving cars which are still a very slow burn.