• Umbrias@beehaw.org
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    11 months ago

    In the interest of balance, an ai singularity is far far far from a foregone conclusion, in fact has significant theoretical issues that are largely handwaved away by people wanting you to be scared of singularity or to buy into their ai grift.

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      11 months ago

      Sure, but in this context I was mostly thinking about how the Singularity will make significant numbers of hours of work optional for most people. UBI might get us there even sooner. We have enough wealth creation already to support reduced work, if we restructure our economy.

      Parenting choices look a lot different when families don’t need two people employed to stay afloat.

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        11 months ago

        Productivity gains already haven’t done that. Even if a generalized technological singularity, again, a dubious and entirely baseless claim, there’s no guarantee that it actually achieve any of what you’re describing.

        Work to make it happen, don’t bet your future on it.

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          10 months ago

          IMHO, a UBI is just an option in the case that all production is made by machines. If a sector of people is still forced to work, they will not accapt it.

          Services like nurses or that like may be something other…