I agree we're not that close to complete automation. But one day we will be. What then?
Society needs to have some sort of plan in place for people when there are too few, too difficult jobs left.
Society needs to have some sort of plan in place for people when there are too few, too difficult jobs left.
Farming? We're close. Factories? We're getting there.
Completing automation of writing software? I mean, we're not writing machine code any more, but we really haven't even started. It's not clear that we're close to being able to start.
Completing automation of scientific discovery? Completing automation of new product ideas? Security? Writing novels?
I mean, I'd hate to say that none of those things could be automated. And yet I can't believe that everything will be.
But even if it happens, then what? Any scheme you propose to handle it is at the mercy of the AGI. If it doesn't agree, your scheme doesn't happen.