It seems opposite to me. Imagine all the amazing technological advancements, etc. If there wasn't something like that what would you be looking forward to? Everything would be what it has already been for years. If this evolves it helps us open so many secrets of the universe.
>If there wasn't something like that what would you be looking forward to?
First of all, I don't want to be poor. I know many of you are thinking something along the lines of "I am smart, I was doing fine before, so I will definitely continue to in the future".
That's the unearned hubris I was referring to. We got very lucky as programmers, and now the gravy train seems to be coming to an end. And not just for programmers, the other white-collar and creative jobs will suffer too. The artists have already started experiencing the negative effects of AI.
EDIT: I understand you guys might not agree with my comments. But don't you thinking that flagging them is going a bit too far?
The way the current system is set up we rely on work to make money. If jobs get automated away, how will we make money then? We aren't ready for a post-work world.
Not at all... they're still so incapable of so much. And even when they do advance, they can be tremendous tools of synthesis and thought at an unparalleled scale.
"A good human plus a machine is the best combination" — Kasparov
FWIW people were probably flagging because you're a new/temp accounting jumping to asserting anything other than your view on what's being done is "unearned hubris and a complete lack of second-order thinking", not because they don't like agree with your set of concerns.
Eh this makes me very, very excited for the future. I want results, I don’t care if they come from humans or AI. That being said we might all be out of jobs soon…
It's sad that due to unearned hubris and a complete lack of second-order thinking we are automating ourselves out of existence.
EDIT: I understand you guys might not agree with my comments. But don't you thinking that flagging them is going a bit too far?