Re:California passes bill that classifies gig economy worker...
by michaelmrose on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @04:03AM
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An understanding of rocketry didn't grant us the immediate route to land on the moon without also overcoming substantial obstacles. Given that we don't really understand cognition I would suspect that we don't have enough info to even estimate when we might achieve AGI.
A few years is probably hopelessly optimistic.
Re:California passes bill that classifies gig economy worker...
by dsirola on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @08:40AM
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People can't even align divs properly. I would say AGI is further away than most people think.
Re:California passes bill that classifies gig economy worker...
by DeonPenny on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @01:11PM
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Whats with the obsession with jobs. Like healthcare you can easily figure out ways that more than basic necessity are taken care of. Is it really important that we give drivers arbitrary work?
Re:California passes bill that classifies gig economy worker...
by ilaksh on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @02:25PM
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I wasn't trying to say that jobs were necessarily important. Just pointing out that most could be affected, not just "easy" ones.
I think it is possible that we will need a new paradigm for society, since jobs are a core aspect of the current one.
But what happens to people when the robots have all of the jobs?
People think it's not going to affect them because their job is special. It's just a matter of a few years difference, everyone's job will be affected. Even computer programming.
Why am I so sure about this? Because there is a very large research effort going on aimed at AGI and they _are_ making progress. And the potential rewards are enormous. And the hardware capability is available now.