[nutjob2]

> supersede human "labour" altogether

For certain types of labor this has always been the case.

The idea that AI will entirely replace all, or most, human labor makes no sense and is just AI hype.

Like all technology before it AI will improve most people's lives.

[palmotea]

> Like all technology before it AI will improve most people's lives.

1. Let's be clear: what you're describing is faith.

2. And what are you smoking to assert "all technology before ... AI [improved] most people's lives"?

[nutjob2]

> 1. Let's be clear: what you're describing is faith.

And what I am countering is not? You can easily argue technology generally improves lives. Is it optimal? Beyond abuse? No. Does it have unintended consequences? Yes. Are we better of without it? No.

> 2. And what are you smoking to assert "all technology before ... AI [improved] most people's lives"?

OK social media is an unmitigated disaster, I'll give you that.

But, for example, nukes have given us the longest period of relative peace in history.

[palmotea]

>> 1. Let's be clear: what you're describing is faith.

> And what I am countering is not? You can easily argue technology generally improves lives. Is it optimal? Beyond abuse? No. Does it have unintended consequences? Yes. Are we better of without it? No.

The faith part is assuming it will always turn out as well as it has in the past. But every technology is different, and the patterns of the last 100-200 years are not some fixed law.

Look at each technology and its characteristics with fresh eyes, and think of the consequences without that assumption. That's not faith.

> But, for example, nukes have given us the longest period of relative peace in history.

I think celebrating nuclear weapons is a bit premature. A non-zero chance of obliteration over a long enough period of time becomes a near-certainty.