Quote from: Abiky on Today at 01:14:51 AM

Quote from: Etranger on July 18, 2025, 09:38:45 AM

For now, AI is at a stage of "development" where it cannot replace highly professional jobs that require significant qualifications. But it can — and already does — replace job functions where everything follows the same template, with the same tasks repeated day after day. These jobs are usually held by people who are not used to fighting, adapting, or assimilating into new environments. That’s why calling on them to resist now, when AI is stepping on their toes and truly can replace them, is an effort unlikely to succeed. Because people, in general, are highly conformist and passive.

The problem is that AI is overhyped these days. Companies are pushing the shift towards AI, as it promises to reduce costs and increase efficiency. The massive layoffs in a bid to replace human jobs with AI is just the tip of the iceberg. Wait until AI becomes sentient (self-aware), and nothing will be able to stand in its way. The future economy will be driven by AI, effectively paving the way to "laziness".

Most people will earn a basic salary/wage to help cover their needs (a Universal Basic Income system). We will get everything, without actually doing anything. The downside of all this? Governments will have greater control over your life. Things are progressing quickly, so I wouldn't be surprised if the full transformation of our economy (and society) takes effect soon. Wishing everyone the best of luck.

I believe that all the fears surrounding AI are currently quite exaggerated. We're imagining more than we have objective reasons to believe — the idea that AI will soon become self-aware and take over our jobs seems premature.

First of all, AI requires enormous computational power to function, and for now, it's people who provide it with those resources. I'd be more concerned about a global energy crisis than about AI rising up against us.

Secondly, even if we assume that AI becomes self-aware, wouldn’t it be smart enough to hire humans to do the tasks it needs instead of doing everything itself and wasting finite energy resources? The situation might even turn out in a way where there are more jobs than there are now. Of course, they will be different kinds of jobs and people will need to retrain, but in any case — there will still be work.