I see the AI race accelerating, and I wouldn't be surprised if we saw AGI by 2030 or even sooner. I know some might see that as controversial, but by a lot of accounts, the advancements we're seeing now weren't expected so soon
Quantum immorality.
"In one universe, the body can be dead. And in another it continues to exist [meaning] that a dead person [...] ends up not in hell or in heaven, but in a similar world he or she once inhabited, but this time alive. And so on, infinitely."
Been getting a lot of ads for the book mentioned in this article, "Biocentrism" by Dr. @RobertLanza. Probably time to give it a read! Would be nice to have a scientific foundation for what I already believe.
We're now seeing a faster acceleration toward a future where the vast majority of jobs will be automated. When I originally tweeted this, robots were mostly driving that acceleration. Now we have AI, which will only get more advanced.
@Rob4gov2024 (2/2) I do want to ask you though, and I'm genuinely curious to hear your thoughts. Assuming that many, if not all, jobs are automated due to various forms of AI, what would be your solution to keeping the economy going and addressing the unrest that such a scenario would create?
UBI is really the only sensible solution.
AI will eliminate jobs faster than new ones are created, and there will probably be far fewer new jobs created overall to balance out those that disappear.
And I say this I say this as someone who is personally excited about AI.
@POTUS One of the most important policies we must implement in response to AI is an annually rising unconditional basic income as a productivity growth dividend. We all created the data that trained the AI, and we all need to be able to buy what machines make.
https://t.co/Z3vofZJ74X
@Rob4gov2024 (1/2) I understand that we have fundamentally different perspectives, so we're probably not going to come to any sort of agreement. That said, there are numerous methods for funding UBI beyond simply taxing income. I could share some resources if you're interested.
@Rob4gov2024 As far as how much it would cost, that depends on the exact implementation. But at some point, the cost of UBI won't really matter, bc it will the cost of ensuring society continues to function, due the vast majority of jobs being automated.
@Rob4gov2024 Qualify for the tax, as in who should get UBI depending on how much money they're making? There's a lot of discussion and thought about this, and I don't have a strong opinion on it, only that UBI is going to be absolutely necessary in the very near future.
@Rob4gov2024 Thanks for the reply. I think a crowdsourced UBI is definitely an interesting idea, but to be effective on a wide scale, UBI really needs to be implemented by the government. I don't think UBI supporters are the ones capable of funding it. They're typically lower/middle class.
"we're running from our graves"
@PURITY_RING makes this verse (and all the others in the song) sound so bright and ethereally hopeful.
https://t.co/i2bgbHyrNS