I see so many people in this world freaking out about AI. While I’ll be the first to admit there are global issues that frighten me, soil depletion being one of the largest, AI isn’t one of them.

Technological revolutions happen and bring with them systemic changes. I’ve never heard of one that resulted in net job losses. They have changed what needs people have drastically but have never eliminated needs. They simply change allocation of needs.

Even if AI led to the destruction of every current job in the economy humans would simply have different needs. Notably a need to fill the hours in the day. Also, despite what some people believe, a need for human connection.

If you think humanity is so shallow as to fill their days with fake plastic people then I’m not sure what you’re afraid of anyway. There’s nothing human left in us at that point.

Instead I choose to look forward to the day when AI deflates the cost of material needs to such a point that a premium is put on human connection because it’s the only thing a machine can’t provide.

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