It does feels dramatic at first. But it’s less “all jobs vanish” and more “we’re no longer forced to work just to survive.”
Booth isn’t saying work disappears, he’s saying we get to choose what kind of work we want to do. Purpose doesn’t vanish, it just gets decoupled from survival.
So maybe the better party question in the future isn’t “What do you do?”but “What are you building?” or “What drives you?”
That’s the Glass Half Full answer, but that’s how I see the future.
That’s not my interpretation so far but I do appreciate your answer! If AI takes jobs too fast I think it could have a destabilizing impact on society at large until people can figure out what to do with themselves now that they don’t need work to survive.
I like your party question, it’s a much deeper question and would spark better conversations and maybe a healthier society because more people would be entuned with themselves.
AI is definitely a double edge sword that we are going to have to learn to live with
