[fredgrott]

I have a curious question, where did the calculator(tabulator) operators go?

Did we suddenly have governments fall when they were replaced by computers?

Did we suddenly have massive unemployment when they were replaced?

AI is a general purpose tool, and like other general purpose tools it expands not only human's reach mind wise it betters society and lifts up the world.

We have been through this before, we will get through it quite well since the last oh general purpose tool will replace us rumor mill reactive noise.

[mitthrowaway2]

I agree. If you look at the historical trend with technologies, it's very clear: look at the saddle, the stirrup, the chariot, the pull-cart, the carriage: all of these inventions increased the breadth of tasks that a single horse could do, but each time this only increased the overall demand for horses. Surely the internal combustion engine will be no different.