fatslob-:O said:
It sucks so I guess they might have to move to an industrialized nation instead of living in a developed nation with lot's of automation or live as the lowest form of human life ... Another option could be is to just wait until tissue engineering can get advanced enough to enhance cognitive function and then these people can get enhanced and start contributing to society again ... It's harder than you think to improve upon a pure computer and transistor technology is reaching it's limits so we'll still need human brains in the forseeable future to advance research ... (It takes a lot of power to emulate the top minds on this earth.) Just as there is a limit to a human brain there's also limits for deep learning too ... |
Even if we assume that full AGI is developed later than gene altering technology and tissue engineering advanced enough to significantly increase intelligence, what do those people do in the mean time? I agree it's a long time until we can completely replace human mindpower, but like I said, our society isn't fit to even cope with a 60% unemployment rate, and I'd like to see a world where a whopping 40% of the workforce are scientists/researchers/programmers. To support that, you need both a massive change in the educational system, as well as a means for all those soon-to-be unemployed to support themselves financially.
That's why I'm saying we have to start looking at solutions now. Even though society isn't ripe for implementing them yet, we can't just stop looking at solutions until the problem is too big to ignore.
