The day is probably coming soon where most humans are not required to work for at least 50% of their time, and they will suddenly find an abundance of time on their hand. The pessimists will say that this is the beginning of the end for humans as AI is going take over the world and there’s no longer a need for humans.
The optimists might go like: “Alright, now we can spend lots more time to actually enjoy our life since AI can take care of most matters.”
There are a gazillion questions that one can ask about this situation. But what I want to know is, will I enjoy not having to work? What can possibly keep me entertained for so long in life if I don’t have to do any kind of work? Is it going to be just some drugs that chemically induce my sense of feeling good, or that we are all perfectly capable of living without any kind of purpose?
It sounds like heaven when the premise is that there’s no need to work, and resources can be unlimited. But if we think deeper, could this be hell instead?
If the super AI is going to be so powerfully intelligent and still care for the well-being of humans, perhaps it will deduce that humans require some kind of purpose, and it will deliberately leave some areas within the system that requires humans. Just to make us feel purposeful.
Is that pathetic, or awesome? Either way, I kinda hope I can live long enough to find out. It might come sooner than we thought. So stay healthy folks!
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