[jerojero]

Maybe I have a skewed view of the world, but I personally really don't care if something has been created by an AI or a human for most things. I mean, sure, it's nice to know you have some shoes that have been done by a person but only because this tends to be a sign of actual quality and care, a pair of boots cheaply made by a machine or through cheap labour will just not be (quality wise) as good as a pair of more expensive boots that have been given the care and patience that an expert shoe maker would do.

Now, if machines can produce shoes that are as high quality, and most of the time they can do it (for example my running shoes are quite comfortable and good enough quality) as manual labor... then do I care most of the work has been done by machines? Of course not. In this case, what worries me might be the conditions of the people working in these factories doing the work that the machine is not capable of doing.

So why would this be any different for "white collar" jobs? Why would I care if the article I'm reading has been written 90% by a machine and 10% by a human or the other way around, provided the quality of the final product matches what the author intended?

Automation, to me, is a good thing. The problems come not to me from the fact that technology being able to replace our labour seems like an existential threat to our society because we just assume that it means no one is going to get a job ever again and they're not going to be able to feed their families, etc. I mean, these are very much serious concerns but aren't we pointing fingers to the wrong places? Wouldn't it be great if 80% of the work can be done by machines? If our societal, economical, political systems are not capable of dealing with this scenario and keeping us content then I think we ought to rethink society rather than complain about automation.

[quantified]

We ought to rethink society and economics. Although, a lot of the crap work won't be doable by machines, along with a lot of the high-touch yet low-paid work like home health care, teaching, policing and so on. Time to be an electrician.

[ChatGTP]

If there was nothing to create and machines did everything for you, what would you actually do ?

[xboxnolifes]

Find a hobby like everyone else. People tend gardens, even though they are just inefficiently ran agricultural setups. People play chess even though nearly all of them won't be able to beat the best AI. People will still draw for the enjoyment of the act of drawing. People will still write/type/voice their thoughts onto some medium. People will be with friends and family. Hell, I'd be happy just being left to ruminate with my own thoughts a lot of the time.

Machines can replace our need to produce our material goods and services, but I don't see how they could ever replace our need to express or relate.