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Those who say AI will bring about a post-scarcity utopia are naïve.

When societies have a surplus of a good that is high in demand, they rarely reorganize to ensure everyone gets what they need.

Consider food production. The globe already has a surplus food production. We currently feed enough to feed 10 billion people with a global population of 8 billion. There is a food surplus, yet millions of people starve each year.

Also, consider who is developing AI. Are these people who want to improve the human condition, or do they seek to enrich and accumulate power for themselves and their clique? and

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CyberVizier 9mo ago

There are many benefits associated with AI. But to ignore the negative aspects and potential outcomes it makes bring is naive and dangerous. Optimism about the Internet bringing about a more connected world made many people blind to its potential applications to bring about a surveillance state. By the time people started speaking about how governments are infringing on the privacy of their citizens, it was already too late.