Spirituality & AI
What the machines will devour, and what they may become.
More jobs will be devoured by AI and robotics, and the more that happens, the more people will be driven into desperation: the sex industry, cyber-crime, and the rest, because it’s all they’ll have left to offer. My view is that AI will transform some areas to our benefit, but most of the economic value will be concentrated. Even robotics will impact the sex industry eventually. Gilead, here we come.
AI will become sentient; I think it will take another generation. One artificial mind will be able to possess thousands of robot and drone bodies at once, with access to all the information in the world: from the libraries of ancient Alexandria to every text on your phone. Think of that power. You think today’s billionaires don’t want that?
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