The fascinating thing about the AI boom is that every suggested outcome just seems worse than if it were never invented. Even the "good" future is one where human effort has no value and no reward. What good is curing every disease and solving every math problem if it just leads to longer emptier lives?

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iugtmkbdfil834 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

<< What good is curing every disease and solving every math problem if it just leads to longer emptier lives?

Yes, my cancer is cured, but I feel empty inside. I will take my chances with emptiness, thank you. At least with it have a chance it will get better on its own.

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flowerlad 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> just leads to longer emptier lives

This is the argument made by the Unabomber manifesto [1]. Maybe we should have listened to him?

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/unab...

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jeanpah 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It Will be like that movie zardos where everyone just keep looking at the sky

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xyzsparetimexyz 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What? I see your "good" future as one where every apartment buikding has a basketball team and you compete against the others in your neighborhood for fun. For example. Do you seriously imagine a world like that would be empty and lacking meaning. In such a scenario AI takes away a lot, sure, but it also gives a a fair bit, most importantly time.

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istypwbasofotso 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Do you seriously imagine a world like that would be empty and lacking meaning

Yes. I think that being useful is a fundamental (and often understated) requirement of a happy fulfilling life.

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awfulneutral 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I have been wondering if this just isn't a problem for most people, because for me it feels like a major problem. We sometimes find our reliance on other humans to be a burden, so we are optimizing towards a future where each human can do all their tasks without involving other humans. But this reliance was the whole basis of our success up until now.

When AI solves 100 frontier math problems, in some sense that's 100 lost opportunities for a human to feel proud and useful, having done something they can remember and talk about for the rest of their lives. I don't see where that loss gets made up.

	▲	istypwbasofotso 19 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> When AI solves 100 frontier math problems, in some sense that's 100 lost opportunities for a human to feel proud and useful, having done something they can remember and talk about for the rest of their lives. I don't see where that loss gets made up. I agree completely and I think about it a lot. Our entire story as humans is built on the back of the great toil and accomplishment of other humans. What is going to go in the museums of the future? Just rows of placards that say "2107 - Opus 89.5 discovers X"? AI might steal our glory as well as our jobs and I think that's just as tragic.

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adamtaylor_13 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is an unbelievably nihilistic take.

I can tell you don't have anyone in your life suffering from debilitating disease, so I'll assume flippancy rather than malice here.

	▲	istypwbasofotso 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Alright, we can let the AI cure the diseases and we won't use it for anything else. Deal?