T_MacThrowFace

hace 2 añosdiscuss

isn't the ultimate point of AI though, that instead of the traditional situation where the machines are the tools of humans, we become the (optional) tools for the AI? The AGI will do the understanding for us, and we'll profit by getting what we want from the black box, like a dog receiving industrially manufactured treats it cannot comprehend from its owner.

T_MacThrowFace

hace 2 añosdiscuss

The I in AGI doesn't really mean intelligence as in "a mathematician has to be more intelligent than a janitor to do his job" *, it means the productivity equivalent of whatever human conciousness is; that is, to be able to have beliefs and tastes as well. And since it will have infinite patience, arguments such as "I prefer to have an actual human musician playing" is also up for persuasion.

When everyone can just press a button and have better music automatically generated, based on their exact preferences inferred from their DNA or an fMRI brain scan, what are your creative ambitions?

I'm obviously not talking about today's limited (public) AI, but far into the future, like in 5 years.

* whether or not that is actually the case is irrelevant

T_MacThrowFace

hace 2 añosdiscuss

> short of a large scale armed rebellion, or maybe mass unionization

don't worry; AI drones will deal efficiently with both those forms of terrorism and malinformation

T_MacThrowFace

hace 2 añosdiscuss

They get paid because the people who can't play chess professionally watch it as a mental escape from their drudgery jobs because it reminds them of their youth when they could still dream about becoming a great chess player, and then you can use marketing displayed during the chess tournament to trick them into preferring to spend the money they make from the drudgery on the adveritser's product.

Now upgrade AI to do every job better than humans so that there are no drudgery jobs. What money are they going to spend?

Not too long ago, people would come and visit the first family in the village who had installed running water, because it was a new and exciting thing to see. And yet people don't wake up every day excited to see water coming from their kitchen tap.

T_MacThrowFace

hace 2 añosdiscuss

The difference could be that A(G)I will automate away the would-have-been new jobs as well, instantly, as it will function as a smarter human that needs no sleep and demands no pay, sort of like a young programmer but without capital owners even having to supply caffeinated beverages.

T_MacThrowFace

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