give society sufficient food and entertainment
most wont even realize what's going on
most of who do realize, won't care
those who care will imagine their way to abundance and absolute freedom
Are we headed towards a stable dystopia?
I've been thinking about how AI is going to shape up society and one particular scenario seems like a high-probability outcome to me. Here's how it could play out:
• AI automates more and more of human-work
• Returns from this automation flow back to capital holders, making them wealthier
• As incomes of masses drop, government ignores/abolishes income tax but rather taxes corporate income / wealth for its needs
• Rich isolate themselves (as they do) and use AI-enabled drones/robots to protect themselves
• This takes all powers away from the masses -> govts pay less attention to masses as their contribution to taxes dwindle and they can't even rebel as they're up against AI security forces
• A minimal form of UBI is provided to masses in the name of morality
• All future social mobility stops, and current power structures get frozen forever
In short, the powerful and the rich create a parallel society and social mobility stops because the capital owners / power brokers control the AI who does economic work (preventing anyone else to climb up).
One can argue this has been gradually happening, but today the masses still have power due to their labor contribution and their ability to physically rebel against the elite.
But AI has the potential to change that power-balance and it seems to be that's where we're unfortunately headed. /syndicated
humanity is a blend of mind, body, and soul
physical strength faded as we automated hardware
mental sharpness will fade as we automate software
only spirit, conscience, flair, and identity remain
adapt & embrace the new opportunities ahead
“an equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of god”
why are almost all extremely intelligent people including prodigies like Ramanujan, so spiritual?