Dario Amodei on powerful AI: manton.org
@manton Excellent perspective! I would note that the “job replacement” concerns, at least for me, revolve around (a) Generative AI being good enough to convince my boss to replace me and (b) needing an economically viable skill to live (much as I’d love to do hobbies all day).
@oddevan That’s fair. Hopefully most bosses would find something else for people to work on, but that’s admittedly naive. The timing of progress does matter too… If technology allows us more time for hobbies while still supporting ourselves and family — universal basic income or Star Trek 🙂 — that has to happen before we’re out of a job.
@manton It’s frustrsating, because we are on the cusp of a post-scartcity economy, but I fear we’re far too entrenche din the current system of a handful of people having most of the wealth while the rest of the planet gets the scraps.
@josephaleo Yeah. 🙁 Although there is still a lot of room to get some of that wealth to people who need it without even changing the system that much.
@manton Yer darn tootin’!
As long as we’re on this topic, let me drop some knowledge on you—you gotta check out Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek by Manu Saadia. And if you’re still hungry for more, hit up The Economics of Star Trek: The Proto-Post-Scarcity Economy by Rick Webb and Fully Automated Luxury Communism by Aaron Bastani. You’ll dig it, trust me.