undefined | Better HN

0 pointsaurareturn7mo ago0 comments

  This is the first technology wave that doesn't just displace humans, but which can be trained to the new job opportunities more easily than humans can. Right now it can't replace humans for a lot of important things. But as its capabilities improve, what do displaced humans transition to?

Assuming AI doesn't get better than humans at everything, humans will be supervising and directing AIs.

0 comments

Refreeze52247mo ago

That sounds like a job for a very small number of people. Where will everyone else work?

aurareturnOP7mo ago

More companies. See my post here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=44919671&goto=item%3Fi...

mindwok7mo ago

This is the optimistic take and definitely possible, but not guaranteed or even likely. Markets tend to consolidate into monopolies (or close to it) over time. Unless we are creating new markets at a rapid rate, there isn’t necessarily room for those other 900 engineers to contribute.

1 more reply

grokgrok7mo ago

Wherever the AI tells them to

LPisGood7mo ago

Why do they have to work?

dkersten7mo ago

Because the people with the money aren’t going to just give it to everyone else. We already see the richest people hoard their money and still be unsatisfied with how much they have. We already see productivity gains not transfer any benefit to the majority of people.

1 more reply

forgetfulness7mo ago

Because otherwise you'd have to convince AI-owners and select professionals to let go of their wealth to give a comfortable and fulfilling life of leisure to the unemployed.

More likely it will look like the current welfare schemes of many countries, now add mass boredom leading to unrest.

Sam Altman has expressed a preference for paying people in vouchers for using his chatbots to kill time: https://basicincomecanada.org/openais-sam-altman-has-a-new-i...

2 more replies

jmathai7mo ago

I’m not sure if that’s meant to be reassuring or not.

It’s hard for me to imagine that AI won’t be as good or better than me at most things I do. It’s quite a sobering feeling.

xpe7mo ago

More people need to feel this. Too many people deny even the possibility, not based out of logic, but rather out of ignorance or subconscious factors such as fear or irrelevance.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsaurareturn7mo ago0 comments

  This is the first technology wave that doesn't just displace humans, but which can be trained to the new job opportunities more easily than humans can. Right now it can't replace humans for a lot of important things. But as its capabilities improve, what do displaced humans transition to?

Assuming AI doesn't get better than humans at everything, humans will be supervising and directing AIs.

0 comments

Refreeze52247mo ago

That sounds like a job for a very small number of people. Where will everyone else work?

aurareturnOP7mo ago

More companies. See my post here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=44919671&goto=item%3Fi...

mindwok7mo ago

1 more reply

grokgrok7mo ago

Wherever the AI tells them to

LPisGood7mo ago

Why do they have to work?

dkersten7mo ago

1 more reply

forgetfulness7mo ago

Because otherwise you'd have to convince AI-owners and select professionals to let go of their wealth to give a comfortable and fulfilling life of leisure to the unemployed.

More likely it will look like the current welfare schemes of many countries, now add mass boredom leading to unrest.

Sam Altman has expressed a preference for paying people in vouchers for using his chatbots to kill time: https://basicincomecanada.org/openais-sam-altman-has-a-new-i...

2 more replies

jmathai7mo ago

I’m not sure if that’s meant to be reassuring or not.

It’s hard for me to imagine that AI won’t be as good or better than me at most things I do. It’s quite a sobering feeling.

xpe7mo ago

More people need to feel this. Too many people deny even the possibility, not based out of logic, but rather out of ignorance or subconscious factors such as fear or irrelevance.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse