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1. submeta · 1789677052 · focus · HN ↗

   Will these models eventually replace all knowledge work, leaving lawyers, doctors, product managers, software developers, and others out of a job?

   If the benefits were shared across humanity, that could bring us closer to utopia. My worry is that we’ll instead end up with a handful of even wealthier billionaires and millions of people out of work.

   1. rsecora · 1789677819 · focus · HN ↗

      If we have enough energy and raw materials to keep building, yes, it will be an utopia made real. But if there is energy scarcity, then other two outcomes can arise.

      1. porkshoe · 1789678874 · focus · HN ↗

         This also assumes that the AI owners _want_ a global utopia, or that governments will enforce that outcome.

         As it stands, it seems far more likely to result in a wonderful life for a few, and an absolute catastrophe for most.

         1. rsecora · 1789680588 · focus · HN ↗

            XIX century dickensian society and Gilded Age barons were replaced by the time of the New Deal.

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