I doubt this third option exists. If the AI(s) lack empathy for us and we are useless to them, they will either exterminate us directly, or indirectly by denying us resources. If they have empathy for us, they will probably let us live good lives. I doubt we will be useful to them, so I doubt there is a scenario where we live miserable lives working for the AI(s).
It’s happening now with closed AI models. The era of open computing may be ending. The models are essentially a new type of computer and they will remain fundamentally closed, accessible only through an API.
Re:Post-GPT Computing
by freeone3000 on Friday March 24, 2023 @11:33AM
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It’s not the AIs who are in charge, it’s rich humans.
By super intelligent, I meant AIs that have a will of their own. In the meantime, AIs are just a tool at our disposition. And I don't see why it would just be in the hands of the rich, anymore than electricity, the Internet, the personal computer or the smartphone is.
Third option, the workers no longer control the means of production, and we see levels of inequality that make the railroad barons look like they were middle class.