Martin Luther…the works of monks and priests, however holy and arduous they may be, do not differ one whit in the sight of God from the works of the rustic laborer in the field or the woman going about her household tasks…all works are measured before God by faith alone.
Because the foundational areas are taken care of by the A.I. would we be spending our time focusing on art? physics problems? love & social life? — intrapersona
Expect that consumer lifestyle to dominate even more if AI takes over a lot of the work we do. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
Do you think world issues might be solved faster because humans would spend less time in "monotonous labor" or "work"? Thereby allowing a significant portion of the population to engage in finding solutions to current dilemmas in all domains from science to spiritual to politics to psychological and social issues etc. — intrapersona
The Lutheran insight that work is a central human act remains:
…the works of monks and priests, however holy and arduous they may be, do not differ one whit in the sight of God from the works of the rustic laborer in the field or the woman going about her household tasks…all works are measured before God by faith alone.
Martin Luther
It doesn't matter whether the work is domestic duties, civic duties, or wage-earning employment: work is holy.
If human labor is replaced by entirely mechanical production, then it will be a life-and-death matter to redefine the meaning and value of ordinary people, and ordinary work. Without vocation, (however that is defined) Homo Operatur will be hard pressed to fill his years with meaning, or even survive. — Bitter Crank
Thereby allowing a significant portion of the population to engage in finding solutions to current dilemmas in all domains from science to spiritual to politics to psychological and social issues etc. — intrapersona
The ugly truth is that we have the time and resources to do this now, but we still don't do it. Don't expect that some fairy tail AI will make this possible. — praxis
I don't think it would result in a black-friday forever situtation, Capitalism where everybody is indefinitely rich.If AI is doing all of the work of making things then people will be consuming those things 24/7/365. It will be Black Friday all of the time.
Isn't replacing labor in our capitalist system the reason for automation with AI? That capitalist system will still be there along with one if its requirements: people willing to consume more and more stuff. And they will have all day, all week, all year to do it. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
I think you overlook a crucial detail. AI isn't a computer like your laptop or even a supercomputer for that matter — TheMadFool
The ugly truth is that we have the time and resources to do this now, but we still don't do it. Don't expect that some fairy tail AI will make this possible. — praxis
Regarding Maslow, it is interesting to speculate on the path (or paths) to the pinnacle of "self actualization". Can just about anybody achieve it? Would it require some sort of special education? — Jake Tarragon
Obviously some are more talented than others, or at least have more insight than others. — intrapersona
The guy above is pointing the wrong way! — Jake Tarragon
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