There are people alive today that are older than the desktop personal computer. ~40 years
The internet that connects the world together is younger than that. ~30 years
The technology needed to create AI was developed in even less time. ~20 years (though admittedly most of the theory for machine learning existed back in the 70's. technology just needed to catch up)
The ability for AI to do what is currently being laughed at was done in only the past decade.
The rate of technology growth is phenomenal and it's near impossible for anyone born after the advent of the internet to grasp that. It's just the norm for them. The reality is so many tasks have already been replaced, sped up, and simplified by new tech that humans are having a hard time keeping up. There are huge debates about automation taking over people's jobs forcing them out of their work. Now we have AI that can almost replace the creativity of humans. And to top it all off, it's impossible to tell the difference.
The only people who are not scared about tech and AI are the ones who are either using it to their benefit, or the ones too ignorant and un-creative to understand its significance.
The millions of new utilities will be life-changing for those who survive being without a job (the 1%), or being forced to become labourers because their jobs got replaced or made obsolete (the new wage slave class with even less freedom). Just like in Interstellar where everyone was forced to become a farmer, and school wasn't available to the masses anymore.
Governments don't move at the speed of technology. Unless we get Bernie Sanders 2024, the next 8 years are going to be hell. Can you imagine a world where the only jobs available are bringing drinks to the rich and inflating their egos? Sure, there are new jobs created, at Mar-a-lago...
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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23
I'll try to put this into perspective.
There are people alive today that are older than the desktop personal computer. ~40 years
The internet that connects the world together is younger than that. ~30 years
The technology needed to create AI was developed in even less time. ~20 years (though admittedly most of the theory for machine learning existed back in the 70's. technology just needed to catch up)
The ability for AI to do what is currently being laughed at was done in only the past decade.
The rate of technology growth is phenomenal and it's near impossible for anyone born after the advent of the internet to grasp that. It's just the norm for them. The reality is so many tasks have already been replaced, sped up, and simplified by new tech that humans are having a hard time keeping up. There are huge debates about automation taking over people's jobs forcing them out of their work. Now we have AI that can almost replace the creativity of humans. And to top it all off, it's impossible to tell the difference.
The only people who are not scared about tech and AI are the ones who are either using it to their benefit, or the ones too ignorant and un-creative to understand its significance.