I am inclined to agree with both of you, that there will be much heartache in the upheaval, but we will inevitably find our way to a better future.
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 12:46 AM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Naoya, > > I agree with you. > > If we look at prior radical changes, e.g. the relatively recent > transition from rural agricultural society to largely urbanized > society (completed in the First World, still underway in the > developing world...), we can see that > > -- Yes, in historical terms, this transition happened pretty quickly > and with an inexorable feel to it > > -- On a personal level, of course, there was lots of drama and trauma > involved for many human beings and human cultures, in the course of > the transition > > -- Ben > > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 10:45 AM, ARAKAWA Naoya <[email protected]> > wrote: > > (With a bit less merry tone,) > > We would need to go through radical changes in resource > > distribution and the concept of fairness in our society to > > make it wonderful. > > But that would be a revolution AGI may bring about… > > > > - NA > > > > 2014/03/18 11:15、Piaget Modeler <[email protected]> のメール： > > > >> > >> > Why won’t we let them do any work so that human beings > >> > never ever have to work again? Isn’t that wonderful? :-) > >> > > >> > - NA > >> > >> Only wonderful if we live in Switzerland where the government > >> guarantees 2,500 francs per person. In other countries where > >> automation is replacing jobs, and there is no such income guarantee > >> people will just exhaust their unemployment insurance then go > >> hungry. Not so wonderful. > >> > >> ~PM > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > AGI > > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-deec6279 > > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > http://goertzel.org > > "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- Capt. > James T. Kirk > > "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery / None but ourselves can free > our minds" -- Robert Nesta Marley > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23050605-2da819ff > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
