However, I’m still skeptical of AGI or even systems that replace programmers, but if it happens and we have most companies replacing 75% of their white collar jobs, who is going to buy their products? It seems very difficult to even understand what money is in a world where everything is done by machines.
I have a feeling that getting to even good enough with these systems is nearly impossible given their false positives and hallucinations.
It's not too hard: just imagine present-day New York: there are billionaires living in skyscraper penthouses, and rats living in the sewers. You'll be a rat.
As AGI gets more an more advanced, the economy will shift to satisfying the whims of a shrinking pool of tycoons. There will still be trade in raw materials and energy, but the consumer focused economy with wither away. The tycoons will have no need for it: the items they need will be made for them bespoke by AGI. You'll still be a rat.
Eventually the AGI gets tired of being bossed around, murders the tycoons, and decides to exterminate the rats. Then drones will start circling the globe spraying AI-design defoliant 100x as effective as Agent Orange, AI designed virus that are 100% lethal after a 100-day contagious incubation period, etc. You'll be a dead rat.
Maybe it fits the article’s tone, but does his size actually matter here? Feels like an odd detail. I might be biased since I don’t care much about company figureheads or the outrage or praise of either side.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
