Computational irreducibility combined with human insatiability combined with ethics entails: a lot of work to be done. Everyone needs to get to work, we aren’t done yet. If robots could do all the work, god bless. This is about focus and intention. I can literally hire anyone right now and, with chatGPT, they can probably be valuable to me. Why aren’t we hiring more people?
Ever notice how you get taxed for hiring people a lot more than buying tech? That’s something to be fixed. It’s going to hurt. Also, 50% tax is about normal, get used to it.
I don't really think of filing paperwork, or writing code, or meetings in general. It's the stuff that requires arms and legs and fingers that's our bottleneck. ChatGPT can't help with that. Robots can, but RL is lagging.
All that takes knowledge work. Physical too, but most of the cost today is knowledge work.
Now, my average tech staff can actually solve challenging coding problems that before could only be done by the few talented ones.
It does not solve all shortcomings, but it definitely shifts the collective cognitive load in the company.
The government of a wealthy country should ensure that its citizens are able to eat, and have a sheltered place to sleep, without them needing to work. Because the way things are going, there won't be enough work to go around. Even now, with the supposed "labour shortage" there are record numbers of homeless people, and people living paycheck-to-paycheck. Housing is more unaffordable than ever. Minimum wage is not keeping up with the economic realities.
Governments need to step in; they need to change policy so big corps are paying more taxes, and that tax goes to a basic income that can cover the cost of housing and the cost of food. Maybe not right away, maybe it starts at $100/month. But eventually the goal should be to get everyone on a basic income that can cover the necessities, then if they want to be able to enjoy luxuries (concerts, gourmet food, hobbies, streaming services, etc.) they can choose to work.