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0 pointsemmanueloga_1y ago0 comments

I don't get this feeling... wouldn't you want to play soccer like Messi? Or play guitar like Hendrix? (etc..).

There can be pleasure in being a spectator, but being a performer, at least to me, is 1000 times more fulfilling. I don't care if someone else can do it, even a robot... I want to do that myself! A society with more space for personal ambitions and less need to hustle for food sounds great to me.

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SoftTalker1y ago

You very likely don't have the talent to do those things that well. And now you'll have the time to prove it to yourself beyond any doubt.

emmanueloga_OP1y ago

"Focus on the journey, not the destination"

bamboozled1y ago

I know all this, it's basic common sense, but when you REALLY think about what you're saying, it's still strange.

Likely a humanoid robot will be able to play guitar 1000x better than hendrix, then what's the point in you becoming as good as Hendrix, so you can play guitar for yourself in your basement?

The difference between today and the future is, today there are still things humans can do better than machines and robots, when there isn't, it will be weird.

int_19h1y ago

A robot today can play most video games much better than I do, which is why we have that whole anti-cheat thing for aimbots etc.

Why do people still play video games? And not only that, but do crazy stuff like speedruns or self-imposed limitations that make it borderline impossible to win?

emmanueloga_OP1y ago

Let me try again, just because I find it almost comical that we so cannot understand each other lol.

Think of your favorite food. Now, replace eating that food with watching someone else eating it. Is that as enjoyable? Now fast forward to 1000 years in the future where robot humanoids are eating your favorite food and turning it into their form of nutrition.

I mean agree to disagree and stuff, but I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone or (some entity) doing something removes from your own pleasure of doing it yourself, your way.

bamboozled1y ago

We just see it differently.

My last attempt, cooking for my family. Let's say a robot can make a 100x better dinner than I can, why would my family want me to cook them food, even though I like it?

See what I mean? It's nice you enjoy it, but you're going to be 1% as good as what you could have, so it's likely not going to be worth doing the things you like doing, even if you like the journey?

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SoftTalker1y ago

You very likely don't have the talent to do those things that well. And now you'll have the time to prove it to yourself beyond any doubt.

emmanueloga_OP1y ago

"Focus on the journey, not the destination"

bamboozled1y ago

I know all this, it's basic common sense, but when you REALLY think about what you're saying, it's still strange.

Likely a humanoid robot will be able to play guitar 1000x better than hendrix, then what's the point in you becoming as good as Hendrix, so you can play guitar for yourself in your basement?

The difference between today and the future is, today there are still things humans can do better than machines and robots, when there isn't, it will be weird.

int_19h1y ago

A robot today can play most video games much better than I do, which is why we have that whole anti-cheat thing for aimbots etc.

Why do people still play video games? And not only that, but do crazy stuff like speedruns or self-imposed limitations that make it borderline impossible to win?

emmanueloga_OP1y ago

Let me try again, just because I find it almost comical that we so cannot understand each other lol.

I mean agree to disagree and stuff, but I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone or (some entity) doing something removes from your own pleasure of doing it yourself, your way.

bamboozled1y ago

We just see it differently.

My last attempt, cooking for my family. Let's say a robot can make a 100x better dinner than I can, why would my family want me to cook them food, even though I like it?

See what I mean? It's nice you enjoy it, but you're going to be 1% as good as what you could have, so it's likely not going to be worth doing the things you like doing, even if you like the journey?

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