Submitted by wastedtime32 t3_1134aem in singularity
just-a-dreamer- t1_j8o4am4 wrote
Reply to comment by wastedtime32 in What will the singularity mean? Why are we persuing it? by wastedtime32
Well, we are talking about decades of transformation. The Singularity will probably not arrive before 2040-2050, or even later.
Still, AI does not have to be that "smart" to gradually replace next to all human labor before that point. As of now a humans can perform around 20.000 known tasks and AI is rapidly catching up in every field to replace human labor.
That is human labor in the sense of "working for a living". Yet, just because a human does not work, the output in goods and services remains the same and is still increasing.
The loaf of bread that is produced with 2% of the population toiling in agriculture is even better now than those produced with 80 % of the population once toiling in the fields.
The point of automation is to get rid of the very concept of "working for a living". Still , humans will have plenty of passions they can persue. It will be possible to merge into the digital world at some point for sure.
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