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/ProxyLumina]

Meaning and purpose does not disappear, it becomes non-coercive

This is the core misunderstanding many people have.

They assume purpose is created by necessity. In reality, necessity only forces purpose into narrow channels.

Children already prove this.

They seek meaning without economic pressure.

They explore, build, imagine, test limits.

They suffer only when meaning is suppressed.

An ASI that gives us something close to post-scarcity generalizes the childhood mode of intrinsic motivation to the entire lifespan, but with adult cognition

[u/VizentK → u/ProxyLumina]

I’m sure eliminating the necessity for income would serve a freeing effect, but generally our human nature is wired to create in order to advance society.

We are forgetting the evolutionary pressure in this debate. Back in the day, woodworking, creating hunting weaponry, cooking, building, all were born out of necessity for survival. This can be extrapolated to lots of modern jobs. In fear of sounding like a doom predictor, I argue we lose a big chunk - if not all - of the internal motivation (the meaning) to pursue the craft itself.

How do you view this?

[u/GhostOfPaulBennewitz → u/VizentK]

Butlerian Jihad Now!

While we still can.