Re:Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter
by thomasahle on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @10:18PM
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>>> Because of productivity gains humans will work very little, and yet live comfortably.
>> Wouldn't this imply humans should already be working very little compared to pre industrial revolution?
> No, because human wants aren't fixed. When you give a human everything they want now, tomorrow they come back with a whole new set of wants
It sounds like you are disagreeing with the OP, not me?
Or do you think AI productivity will make us work less in a way Industrial productivity didn't?
Re:Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter
by pdonis on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @11:03PM
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> It sounds like you are disagreeing with the OP, not me?
I am disagreeing with the OP's claims that productivity gains make humans work less.
If your answer to the "wouldn't this imply" question is also "no", as mine is, then no, I am not disagreeing with you.
No, because human wants aren't fixed. When you give a human everything they want now, tomorrow they come back with a whole new set of wants. And so on ad infinitum...
Of course, as an individual it's your choice whether, and for how long, you stay on this merry-go-round. But there will always be a significant number of humans who will.