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LyubomirIko t1_j6hwf65 wrote

Reply to comment by tiny9000 in How long till we enter the age of abundance? by tiny9000

Not really. Having a home 30 years ago was way cheaper than today. Having a family and kids today is far demanding, so we have demographic crisis in the development countries. Food products have gotten increasingly worse - full with additives. The stress factor living in current fast pace society is higher too. Medical care costs are getting absurdly high especially in USA.

When cars and jets were only for the super rich? You are talking about the early years of their invention. Currently they are what turns the economics of capitalism, and they for the most part aren't used for vacations as one super rich would use them. But for work. They aren't luxury, but necessary for living.

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tiny9000 OP t1_j6hy1b2 wrote

If your logic is true then why pursue AI development in the first place? Are we risking getting obliterated by AGI in the future for nothing?

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LyubomirIko t1_j6hzmy5 wrote

People persue AI out of curiosity, it's simple. And for profit of course. Just like Pandora myth - humanity can't help itself and stop it, nobody can really predict what is in the box.

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tiny9000 OP t1_j6i0f12 wrote

I highly doubt Microsoft is investing billions of dollars into AI just out of curiosity. Profit does’t exist in a vacuum, some kind of value needs to be provided in-order to gain profit which means there is certainly alot of value in AI. It is a pandora box tho.

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LyubomirIko t1_j6i1h9t wrote

Microsoft specially want absolute control and to scrape every possible data out of their customers. They strive to implement AI in Windows and be ahead of the competitors. The value of power and control is the ultimate of course.

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