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I'm very worried constantly. This is the story of the bear, where you just have to be faster than the other guy. For now. The bear is getting faster and faster and it won't be long before it eats all of us.

It feels like we're at the end of history. I don't know where we go from here but what are we useful for once this thing is stuck inside a robot like what Tesla is building? What is the point of humanity?

Even taking a step back, I don't know how I'm going to feed my family in ten years, because my skillset is being rapidly replaced.

And to anyone mentioning UBI, I'm pretty sure they'll just let us starve first.

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pixl972y ago

>where you just have to be faster than the other guy. For now. The bear is getting faster and faster and it won't be long before it eats all of us.

Here's the thing about that. At first it's about you running faster and the bear getting the slow ones, but this is actually a very short term situation. When things start getting bad, it's not the bear you need to worry about, it's your neighbor stabbing you in the leg so you're the slow one.

mhss2y ago

re: UBI. I don't think they'll let us starve, but that's a very low bar. If we all become fungible and invaluable they can just feed us Soylent green.

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whatamidoingyo2y ago

> my skillset is being rapidly replaced.

Why do you have only one? Learn some trades. AI isn't going to be demolishing a bathroom and installing tile any time soon.

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mvdtnz2y ago

I think you need to calm down. "AI" today is just fancy predictive text and there's no evidence it will progress far beyond that.

tim3332y ago

In a democracy you'll be able to vote for the lot that will have the robots serve us.

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