Artificial Intelligence and The End of Work

[Holdmybeer]

Francis Fukuyama, " The End of History and The Last Man ( 1992)" famously and even more famous, wrongly, predicted Western Liberal Democracy was the endpoint of humanity's sociocultural evolution. Some are now predicting emergent AI and more specifically Artificial General Intelligence or Super Intelligence ( where artificial intelligence is self aware) could be the end of work as we know it. The paradox however being if all cognitive repetitive and manual repetitive work is eliminated in our current tertiary or "service" economy who will be left to support whatever remains. A fully automated factory and a human plumber or electrician or maintenance worker at a data center have one thing in common, someone has to buy what they're producing. Amazon may be the metaphorical canary in this coal mine. The behemoth's most recent round of mass layoffs are directly attributed to AI's emergence in the workplace. Uber currently pays its drivers 75% of it's total revenue. Autonomously driven vehicles, which it is heavily vested in developing, will eliminate drivers from that equation. Autonomously driven trucks are currently operating on the 285 mile stretch of I-45 between Dallas and Houston.

 

[fishslayer]

Did you see Terminator? This wont end well