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Re:OpenAI Research Says 80% of U.S. Workers' Jobs Will Be Im... by mistrial9 on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @10:00AM (#35246199)
this intro is like "blue sky" social thinking.. good on you to have broad ideas in the abstract BUT.. evolution is based on things that really exist now.. the same applies 100 years ago or 1000 years ago.. The winning modern human populations have mostly killed opponents, enforced order in hierarchical ranks, shape the public media to reinforce order, and accumulate weapons, wealth and build security technology. Other civil people and wildlife have had to cope or die off, as there are few wild places on Earth now.

For owners, managers, others in authority, control is the daily game, not optimizing for some ideal commons. Violence is common and so are crooked lawyers and corrupt decision makers.

Unpleasant and low-paid work will continue and perhaps increase, as pleasant and stable breeding grounds deteriorate and are further embroiled in conflict and vice. Many capable people, for pressure reasons, will double-down on authority, control, security and law-enforcement. Trapping and tricking other humans for profit will increase. Indentured servitude via debt and other means, will increase. AI will be used for this.

Re:OpenAI Research Says 80% of U.S. Workers' Jobs Will Be Im... by JanSt on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @10:14AM (#35246388)
I think you are disregarding hundreds of years of progress in pretty much any area.

It was usual to kill natives to take their land.

It was usual to own slaves.

Worker rights have not existed in any form until somewhat recently.

Schools are available.

Violence has declined constantly.

We take the environmental protection much more serious now than 50 years ago (you could argue it's not enough, I'm talking about progress)