This is a good lesson for a lot of young people entering the job force or deciding what to do with their lives.
If the singularity does take place then ALL jobs will be disrupted in a relatively short period of time. The plumbers and carpenters of the world will be safe until, of course, a super intelligence figures out a way to replace them too. You're only hope if that an intelligence smarter than any human that's ever lived, works 24/7 with no breaks and thinks near the speed of light simply fails to figure out near flawless human level robotics.
The solution? Just do what you enjoy doing right now. If the singularity doesn't happen then you're golden and if it does then we're all in this together for better or worse and worrying just means you suffer twice.
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This is a good lesson for a lot of young people entering the job force or deciding what to do with their lives.
If the singularity does take place then ALL jobs will be disrupted in a relatively short period of time. The plumbers and carpenters of the world will be safe until, of course, a super intelligence figures out a way to replace them too. You're only hope if that an intelligence smarter than any human that's ever lived, works 24/7 with no breaks and thinks near the speed of light simply fails to figure out near flawless human level robotics.
The solution? Just do what you enjoy doing right now. If the singularity doesn't happen then you're golden and if it does then we're all in this together for better or worse and worrying just means you suffer twice.