[paulsutter]

If AI is overblown and permanently flawed, there is nothing to worry about.

If AI becomes as powerful as some fear/hope, productivity will be so high that we will need to do very little work for a superior standard of living. Costs for housing, healthcare, education will collapse, and there is nothing to worry about.

This article somehow tries to straddle both positions, that AI is fundamentally flawed and can never really accomplish useful work yet we should be angry and fearful.

[joquarky]

> productivity will be so high that we will need to do very little work for a superior standard of living

Who is "we" in this statement?

How will these gains go to those who need housing, healthcare, and education?

The current trajectory indicates the gains will go to the wealthy and the rest of us will get to fight for scraps.

[saulpw]

There's this other case, which I think many people believe, that AI becomes as powerful as we fear/hope, and productivity is so high that only a few people need to work, but the superior standard of living is enjoyed by only those few people. We don't make the transition to post-capitalism and our economic dystopia is exacerbated and further entrenched.

The future may be even less evenly distributed.