[pixl97]

>why can't I just put on a pair of augmented reality glasses and have the AGI use me?

[meme time]

Oh god, oh fuck, we're going full Manna.

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https://marshallbrain.com/manna1

For those have have not read Manna, this is a huge portion of the premise of the story that AI helmets turn us into automatons that allow the AI to further automate our jobs until we are all unemployed and destitute.

[matt_heimer]

Thanks - I should have worded that better. I'd like an AGI that helped to augment my abilities, not control me. But its still an AGI replacing a trade person, having a master plumber standing over my shoulder was more of what I was thinking of. The AGI having the knowledge is a form of control I guess but it seems acceptable to me.

I hadn't seen manna before, thanks for sharing. There are some good thoughts there. The bit about girls liking Manna because it doesn't hit on them was excellent. The dad character had some good points too.

The examples do seem a bit over the top (likely to drive home the premise). But honestly the verbosity seemed excellent for a new hire scenario. As long as it dynamically scaled down the verbosity of the instructions to match what was needed by each individual user would it really be awful if the managers got replaced?

It is a fine line, the tech being used to add to our knowledge vs making us dumb robots. If it could be kept to teaching, certain types of management, and gamified checklists it wouldn't be the downfall of the human race. However I could easily see it getting to the point where customers are talking to the AGI mounted on your head instead of you and that is scary.

[pixl97]

Honestly Manna is a story about AI way before it's time, because it captures that most of the battle we see now, it isn't going to be about AI at all. But corporate datamining in order to dehumanize you.

I mean, this is OpenAI today "By using our product you are training our product to be you, please insert $$$ to avoid this scenario"