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by xiphias2 1149 days ago
Maybe think of the children.

Why should they go to school at all? Why should they study? What should they study? What should I tell them?

A person who works in tourism just told me that he wants to learn something safer, because he had no job during COVID, so he started studying web design. All I could tell him is that that job has peaked, and I believe tourism is safer at this point.

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What will all the serfs and slaves do for a living, now that we have tractors and combine harvesters?

I mean, that's > 90% of all jobs! How will we cope with 90% unemployment?

(it should be obvious that this is not serious... humanity has survived "machines are taking all the jobs" many times before, and it will survive this one too)

Maybe they shouldn’t? Jesus what is with people shaming others for not attaining some arbitrary level of education and career?
Ok so what will they be doing instead ?
Playing? Actually enjoying their childhoods?
Then, where do they get money from and food, will that be provided for fee by AGIs? Who will own the AGI systems ? How will they ensure they’re in alignment with the children’s goals ?
> Then, where do they get money from and food, will that be provided for fee by AGIs?

Works for me.

> Who will own the AGI systems ?

Communities, ideally:

> How will they ensure they’re in alignment with the children’s goals ?

Community ownership tends to produce the best alignments with the goals of said community - including the children thereof.

At what stage with the AGI be handed over to “the people”.

I’m not being a prick on purpose, but one should ask these questions rather than reaching for blind optimism.