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Re:What will humans do after AI achieves cognitive superiority? by h2odragon on Monday January 22, 2024 @09:06AM (#39089653)
> democratically guided by the collective will.

That always works. Our Wars on Poverty and Drugs, for example, or the recent responses to Pandemic and Government Scandal, show how successful and easy "democratic guidance" is.

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Re:What will humans do after AI achieves cognitive superiority? by 082349872349872 on Monday January 22, 2024 @09:47AM (#39090022)
So what's your proposed alternative guidance to democratic?
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Re:What will humans do after AI achieves cognitive superiority? by h2odragon on Monday January 22, 2024 @09:49AM (#39090050)
Free market / evolutionary.

We face unknowable chaos in the future. The only tool we have capable of ensuring our survival is the total chaos human generate, unfettered by religious restraint.

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Re:What will humans do after AI achieves cognitive superiority? by linearithmic on Monday January 22, 2024 @10:00AM (#39090149)
haha, your point is taken that democratic guidance will have its problems. The idea I wanted to push though was that even if AI can do all work, people will still have the option to do something that they will find meaningful and important. The attempt was to illustrate a potential counter-narrative to the idea that human existence will become pointless / unnecessary after the advent of advanced AI.
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