[kranke155]

But that’s the point isn’t it.

If ChatGPT designed robots tomorrow that we could build for 99$ that could automate most farming and most construction, we could have food and shelter built at something like a few percent of our economies.

On clean energy, same thing. Ask AI to work up a plan in 10 years. Ask AI to improve solar panel construction.

In 10-20-40 years what is there a scarcity of, exactly ?

I’m not promising avocados, but there’s certainly no shortage of food when obesity is this prevalent.

[AlecSchueler]

Was that the point?

You were postulating that we already lived in a post scarcity society.

Now the goalposts have moved to require another breakthrough in AI that will have them solving the energy crisis across a period of decades or more.

If you can ask it to design these things tomorrow then why don't you?

10 years from now could be well too late to begin with any of this. 40 years is hard to even imagine with the current rate of climate change.

[kranke155]

I described what I meant by post scarcity here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35351936

In order to be able to engage I’d have to ask you what do you mean by energy crisis?

The next 40 years, if they are of unimpeded climate change, sound shitty indeed.