AI is going to create so much dislocation.
If we are optimistic we can say AI will help by doing things we used to do….
But who gets the gains from that efficiency? Looking at the world we live in as it IS I think those efficiency gains will be translated into $ for those in control of AI and government. I don’t think the people no longer needed to do the work will be compensated much above subsistence level.
Julian’s America will celebrate but inequality will become even more pronounced and that will also mean the end of any democratic norms. We will live in authoritarian regimes presided over by puppets that do the bidding of those that control AI.
This is all not very hard to imagine because we already are seeing signs of it….and beginning to live it.
