Not really an answer, but there’s also the point that with superintelligence humans don’t have to do the things they otherwise could do because we built such a general tool that it eliminates the need for other tools. This is pretty appealing if, like me, you want to be free to do things you want to do even if you don’t have to do them, rather than having to do things because you need to do them to satisfy some value.
Yes, but it is not necessary a good thing, as it may cause unemployment. People like to do things, and even for many unpleasant things there are people who like to do them. For example, I knew a bus driver, who had a severe depression after retirement, which finished only after he started making pictures.
Most people seem to need something to do to avoid boredom and potentially outright depression. However, it is far from clear that work as we know it (which is optimized for our current production needs, and in no way for the benefit of the workers as such) is the best way to solve this problem. There is likely a need to develop other things for people to do alongside alleviating the need for work, but simply saying “unemployment is bad” would seem to miss that there may be better options than either conventional work or idleness.
Not really an answer, but there’s also the point that with superintelligence humans don’t have to do the things they otherwise could do because we built such a general tool that it eliminates the need for other tools. This is pretty appealing if, like me, you want to be free to do things you want to do even if you don’t have to do them, rather than having to do things because you need to do them to satisfy some value.
Yes, but it is not necessary a good thing, as it may cause unemployment. People like to do things, and even for many unpleasant things there are people who like to do them. For example, I knew a bus driver, who had a severe depression after retirement, which finished only after he started making pictures.
Most people seem to need something to do to avoid boredom and potentially outright depression. However, it is far from clear that work as we know it (which is optimized for our current production needs, and in no way for the benefit of the workers as such) is the best way to solve this problem. There is likely a need to develop other things for people to do alongside alleviating the need for work, but simply saying “unemployment is bad” would seem to miss that there may be better options than either conventional work or idleness.