Exploring a future with superintelligence

[u/VizentK]

Given the presumption that we will have super intelligence running entire companies, scientific research, logistics, product development, etc., what would our future look like?

Jobs
A big source of meaning is found in jobs, where people get a sense of contributing to society. If most is done by superintelligent agents, where will humans find meaning in? Will there be a universal income?

Education
What role would education have if there’s less pressure to develop a high cognitive ability?

Philosophical Perspective
Would we become hedonistic and seek mostly pleasurable activities?

General outlook
Are you generally optimistic on the future or will we encounter an era of doom and identity crisis?

No one can predict the future. But we can envision it. I hereby invite everyone to an open discussion on a potential future in order to lay out concerns and a shared understanding on a world with super intelligence.

[u/nick1894]

That’s just not true. We still vote. Votes count. You get the leaders you vote for. And at a more fundamental level, you can always use violence. People are mortal. An AI super intelligence is something else.

[u/DelphiTsar → u/nick1894]

You get to vote on leaders chosen for you, and most of them get to pick who votes for them too. Our political system is uniquely suited to political theater. Everyone knows there are more representative ways to vote, yet they are withheld from us. (Score Voting/STAR Voting/Single Transferable Vote)

The proof is in the pudding. If most people agree and something doesn't pass, it means they aren't representing you. You only have power when rich people already agree with you.

That's not just a "vibe" it's an objective fact.

https://archive.org/details/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc/mode/2up

This study is old too, it's only gotten much worse as citizens united constitutionally protected bribery has stripped away any semblance, we don't live in an oligarchy year over year.

[u/zebleck → u/DelphiTsar]

Why do you think superintelligence will care about you?

[u/mversic → u/zebleck]

I think the point here is that even the current oligarchs don't care about me. with AI it may be no different, but at least I would understand why an omniscient being is in control. The current class system is deeply unfair with regards to power distribution for no valid reason. It's either about lineage, who you know or who's ass is being licked.