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Re:China's Plan for World Domination in AI Isn't So Crazy by yorwba on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @11:06AM (#15018887)
> Many people get fulfillment from the work they do because feel like they contribute to society.

Many people got fulfillment from playing Chess, or Go, or weaving, or tilling a field with their own hands. Many, but fewer people, still enjoy doing these things today, although machines are better at it than them. Others have moved on to other ways of self-fulfillment.

If you oppose automation of activities people find fulfillment in, you should oppose game-playing AI much more than jobs being automated away. There are much fewer people that hate playing board games but have to do it anyway because it's the one skill they have that will put bread on the table.

Re:China's Plan for World Domination in AI Isn't So Crazy by hueving on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @12:34PM (#15028861)
You missed the point. The fulfillment isn't from the activity, it's from being depended on by other people to perform the activity.

An interesting hobby like Chess or Go by definition can't replace the need to be depended on and feel like you are contributing.