I just saw this, HOLY CRAP AT THE FIRST EXAMPLE

We’re manipulated by cats all the time.

Your take on how it would transform universities sounds incredible. I would be so much more motivated to learn if I got to discuss topics with similarly passionate people, as opposed to being forced to rewrite a seemingly endless stream of meaningless, mind-numbing essays. Though by 2035, I'll be almost 50 and well out of college, so it'll be moot for me at that point lol.

To add to this: self driving stacks can (i assume they do) bin each detected object to an entity class.

Objects from class "road barriers" or "assorted road obstacles" are worth less than class "bus" which is worth less than class "school bus" which is worth less than class "semi".

So while the machine won't know if the school bus is empty, if there's ever a choice of which object to plow into, it will have somewhere in the codebase an approximate value by class. (and then also weight by the kinetic energy of the collision - it might choose to hit the school bus if it predicts a lower KE at impact than the other choices)

So if LEV ever happens at a point in the future for humanity, won't that era be the start of the "best era ever for humanity". LEV doesn't just mean "you live with no upper limit", it means more chances. More opportunities to make things better. More possibilities of a better era. You can start campaigning for social change that will take 200 years to happen and you will personally benefit.

Also even if the first versions of the tech are somewhat invasive and aren't pretty, you merely need to live long enough and if an era of everyone looking like Greek Gods and participating in open air orgies becomes the New Normal, well, you are able to partake if you wish.

> How much of the price of a consumer good is determined by the number of employees working to produce that consumer good?

While that cost is factored into the cost of a product, the profit margin can be arbitrarily decided.

In a healthy economy, supply and demand is key, but we're in a new age of artificial scarcity where key manufacturers can restrict the flow of a product to boost prices and deny products to the multitudes. Housing, healthcare, fuel, electronics, virtual goods, etc are good examples.

>Microsoft will be entitled to 75% of OpenAI’s profits until it earns back the $13 billion it has invested—a figure that includes an earlier $2 billion investment in OpenAI that had not been previously disclosed until Fortune reported it in January.

The way to prevent runaway inflation is strict government price controls on essential goods and services.

Housing, healthcare, transportation, food, fuel, education, and energy would all need extreme intervention to prevent predatory capitalism.

Or maybe an AGI has some ideas...

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I think you have missed one consideration. UBI addresses the demand side, that is, the income people have. But income is meaningless without context- the supply side needs addressing. As it is, no country is fully self sufficient and must trade goods and services with one another. The US happens to be in a more advantageous position in some regards geopolitically & in terms of natural resources, but AGI has to address the issue of supply or the income is meaningless. More income with the same supply simply translates into inflation in the cost of goods and services, requiring ever increasing UBI values which won't ever catch up with cpi, ultimately resulting in runaway inflation. What is needed is a much larger supply of goods and services, keeping prices deflated and resulting in abundance. UBI without this is meaningless. AGI can't simply take over most jobs, it much create an over supply of the things we need, acquire the resources from different geographical locations and distribute them efficiently. Once we have such breadth of precise control over global economies, UBI could be rendered a little meaningless, as the cost of goods and services drives towards 0.

Just something to think about, since people often miss this supply point when discussing stimulus & UBI like measures.

You’re a tool.

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"Made By Humans" is definitely going to be a huge thing, even when cheaper, higher quality substitutes could be had from an automated system. The subtle imperfections, the uniqueness, the character and humanity of a thing made by skilled hands will still speak to people.

That's not to say I think mass-produced super-goods don't have a place. I'd rather everyone on earth have an identical, flawless table than anyone go without one. Just that above and beyond basic needs being met, "Made By Humans" will be a big selling point.

Not all the work…woosh…coward

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I like the varied focus, highlighting that humans require "meaning" of some kind to feel fulfilled is important.

I'm sure if we ever get there, it'll be a period of emotional and psychological turmoil while we (re)discover what it is we truly want to do.

Sure, some of us will want to play games and lounge, but I think enough of us will want to create, help, teach, and explore, that it'll bring us to the next level of our development, along with a benevolent AGI that will help us get there.

We just need to figure out how to get past the forces of capitalism aligned to monetize everything and keep scarcity a thing in the face of technology that could break the chains of servitude.

You realize a human made those buildings. I now know how little you know by how simple and dumb your argument is. You are just a Kid, who all his teachers tell him how special they is, and a coward.

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When can I use it?

They could use it today. The man just chose not to. So it could be anywhere from 0 years till the heat death

Nice text. I would like to read your take on the advent of ASI.

I'm talking about it's use in congress.

Text to voice was demoed by Steve Jobs in 1984. We've had the tech for a long time

Endless summer or endless competition without meaning depending on personality and circumstances.

People decide to drive really drunk and plow into another car killing the person inside. People decide to get road rage and possibly kill someone. People decide to drive way too fast and kill a construction worker.