In one of my favorite sci-fiction films “2001: A Space Odyssey” (Stanley Kubrick Director and Co-Writer with Arthur C. Clarke, 1968) depict an intelligence in the universe that has sent out millions of sentient artificial lifeforms in the shape of a perfect Monolithic Rectangle. To be honest, I should probably let you know that when I was 12, I rented (yes, in the age of VHS rentals) this film that summer so much I actually broke the VHS tape and had to splice it together with clear packing tape—true story. The scene that always impressed me was the scene where David Bowman (Keri Dullea) says the famous line “My God It’s Full Stars” as he travels seemingly into a parallel dimension that the Monolith’s intelligence occupies.
Great piece. It's alarming to see many championing automation without addressing the larger societal implications. In my opinion, true equality must be our foundation before we even consider delving deeper into this realm. Without it, we risk dire consequences.
You do need that and you have to understand where AI will benefit us all the best- I.e. exploration of space, deep sea etc and so on. We don't need or necessarily want AI call centers for HR problems like Salesforce is doing. We need actual human based solutions that accept the fact that we have to change how we interface with the world itself.
I agree. In my view, transcending the economy of currency and exchange as we have it is the only way automation and AI makes sense for humanity. At that juncture, would we even feel the need to automate to the extent we currently do? Isn't the present drive towards automation predominantly motivated by the promise of augmenting wealth and market share for a select few?
Keynes was very insightful. Just not a friend of socialism exactly. But he understood that ultimately economics was going to become a steady-state affair. Which of course is absolutely different than tech-utopianists.
Great piece. It's alarming to see many championing automation without addressing the larger societal implications. In my opinion, true equality must be our foundation before we even consider delving deeper into this realm. Without it, we risk dire consequences.
You do need that and you have to understand where AI will benefit us all the best- I.e. exploration of space, deep sea etc and so on. We don't need or necessarily want AI call centers for HR problems like Salesforce is doing. We need actual human based solutions that accept the fact that we have to change how we interface with the world itself.
I agree. In my view, transcending the economy of currency and exchange as we have it is the only way automation and AI makes sense for humanity. At that juncture, would we even feel the need to automate to the extent we currently do? Isn't the present drive towards automation predominantly motivated by the promise of augmenting wealth and market share for a select few?
Keynes was very insightful. Just not a friend of socialism exactly. But he understood that ultimately economics was going to become a steady-state affair. Which of course is absolutely different than tech-utopianists.