[visarga]

> Ok, AI is a threat to jobs up and down the ladder. I get it. Now what? What are we supposed to do about it?

Make sure it doesn't fall exclusively in the hands of the 0.1%. We need to put the means of production in the hands of the people.

I envision a self-sustaining, self-reliant technology stack using solar energy, 3d-printing and automation, owned by a community or state, providing everything needed for its people. Maybe 1000 people could bootstrap a self sufficient community, if organized well.

[backpropaganda]

The closest model to what you're describing is Feudalism, and I don't mean say this in a dismissive way. I too believe that notions of Houses might spring up again. In one House comprising of about 50 people, only 5 would do the work which generates wealth, and puts food on the table. The others would do art and other such non-wealth producing activities. The incentive of the wealth-producers is to be able to claim that their House invented this or that artwork, etc.

[Fricken]

We'll have to deal with these things as they come, how it will play out specifically, along what sort of timeline, and how society will react is not predictable, there are too many moving parts.

[grondilu]

> We need to put the means of production in the hands of the people.

They are in the hands of the people. Most means of production can be bought on markets that are open to the general public.

[AstralStorm]

Sure, if you have a few million dollars on hand. Few hundred thousand might start a small company in service sector.

[lucidrains]

this really is a great vision that is both plausible and achievable within our lifetimes

[TheOtherHobbes]

We can't even build an OS that isn't broken in significnt ways. What makes anyone think we can build a bug-free self-replicating global technology/manufacturing stack?

[rjtavares]

If the achievable "self-replicating global technology/manufacturing stack" is as broken as current OSs, we'll be fine.

[collyw]

We can't even get bluetooth to connect reliably across multiple devices (or I can't) so I share your skepticism.