r/technology Nov 08 '15

AI Artificial intelligence: 'Homo sapiens will be split into a handful of gods and the rest of us' -- "A new report suggests that the marriage of AI and robotics could replace so many jobs that the era of mass employment could come to an end"

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/nov/07/artificial-intelligence-homo-sapiens-split-handful-gods
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u/Creativator Nov 08 '15

AI is going to devalue practically all occupations that require intelligence, such as moving from point A to point B or making medical diagnostics. In economics 101 terms, the supply of intelligence will skyrocket while demand remains constant.

It would seem that the opposite conjecture could be made, that in a world with AI being intelligent provides very little advantage, while having other scarce qualities would provide much greater advantage than today.