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by trekkie1024 1191 days ago
I think my bigger concern with AI in the short term isn't the immediate displacement of all jobs, but something more personal.

In much of the world today, we observe the fraying of human connection and relationships due to a variety of factors [0], and this could be further accelerated by AI that can seem very human-like [1]

[0] https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3868557-most-yo...

[1] https://www.thecut.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-ch...

Whether we should even pursue this direction of creating artificial companions to replace human connection is a whole another can of worms.