Our tech bros are hoping for some form of apocalypse that reduces the world population by 80%. Hence their rush towards accelerating climate collapse, pushing the world towards nuclear war and encouraging the development of AI and novel diseases. When they emerge from their underground sanctuaries or remote tropical islands, they will be in a position to rule over the remnants of humanity. The serfs will have no choice but to serve their new overlords by eking out a living serving their needs
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This is the actual answer, depopulation.
The vast majority of people working in silicon valley aren’t clued in to this and many would change what they do if they did realize the goal. This doesn’t happen because the system trains us to think in terms of short-term challenges and consequences.
First of all, why 30%? We all know that in time 100% can be automated. Anyway, I see two posibillities:
1 Kings: AI’s endgame in the west is realtime monitoring of it’s citizens/potential protesters. They will not tolerate discord, anything threatening money or power will be found and ended. We will have a few “kings”, and they will rule over us with the illusion of “democracy”. Every so often we will vote for a puppet, but the kings will remain immortal and untouchable. Everyone will recieve a fixed ammount from these kings, but if you are not loyal, they will cut you off.
2 Communism/Socialism: We can already see “back factories” in China, meaning they are fully autonomous, materials in one end, product out the other. So they have already been trying to compensate workers who lost their job. My hope that provinces with high automation, robots/ai will provide universal basic income. Besfore you criticize China for being totalitarian please read some recent articles about things they built/opened, huge waterway-channel, two larges water-powerplants, thorium nuclear reactor, broke limit on new tokamak.
That’s the way I see it at least… Have a good day to you all. Try to stay positive.
I think we can already see what happens when jobs get scarce and salaries don’t keep up with prices, because it has already been happening almost everywhere. Not because of AI, yet, but if AI accelerates it, you can sort of see where things are trending.
People can’t afford even basic needs like housing and consume less. Even businesses like McDonald’s, that usually do well when people are low on money, are starting to feel the pinch.
Economic troubles tend to become social unrest. Mass protests recently erupted in Spain over housing prices for instance.
Social unrest and economic uncertainty breed political instability and tribal thinking (we have to protect our homes, our country first) which result in violent power takeovers or democratic approval shifting to political parties that can most effectively “speak” to our fears and self-preservation instincts.
If AI really kills 30% of the jobs while, at the same time, driving energy prices up, it’s exponentially more of what we’re already seeing.
Wrote this question on wrong post. Tired today…
What conclusion? Also no article, that’s why I’m asking the question. I’m interested in a what a society like this would potentially look like. Answers from an increase social safety net like UBI, to Mad Max style apocalypse have been fascinating.
