5,170 karma · joined February 7, 2011
If AGI ever comes to fruition, it won't come as a subscription plan.
This artificial control works to prevent oversupply and protect salaries. Unfortunately, the businesses calling the shots won't ever allow this to happen.
Here's the question. Which high paying jobs will remain? People will still be needed, obviously, but salaries would be in a race to the bottom without some form of govt intervention.
I understand we have the pesky problem of work and time being interchangeable for money. But except for that, it's pretty exciting.
See, that's an/the issue. As soon as people start to flee to the improved model, they start to serve degraded models to keep up with the demand.
This kind of comment lowers the level of discourse dramatically.
Thanks for your service to humanity.
Actually, the metaphor doesn't work at all because there are innumerable ways to shut down the entire thing during all phases including the made up "killing us all" bullshit scenario whereas with a virus there aren't any once a virus escapes containment.