[raincole]

Of course. If AGI becomes real I don't see any reason to keep a capitalism society. Ultimately capitalism works because it incentivizes people to produce goods and services efficiently. If AI is more efficient than humans in every single aspect then what's the point of giving people economic incentives?

[visarga]

Things still cost money. There are always scarcities. For example cells already reached exponential self replication capabilities long ago, but eventually hit environment constraints. It became a struggle for survival, but under infinite resources they would infinitely replicate without effort instead of evolving.

[loa_in_]

We're much closer to modelling cells than humans, yet we still pretend like we're already there somehow on both accounts.

[red_rech]

Don’t worry, the AI cokeheads have told me that LLMs will usher in Star Trek post scarcity.

[Ray20]

It's funny that just over 100 years ago, they were saying EXACTLY the same thing about electricity. Ultimately, history has shown all the reasons to to keep a capitalism society.

[raincole]

100 years ago people said electricity would be more efficient than humans in every single aspect? They said electricity would invent more efficient way to generate electricity itself?

That's news to me! Some people were really ahead of their time.

[Ray20]

> 100 years ago people said electricity would be more efficient than humans in every single aspect?

Yes, literally.