[extropy-chat] economics of scarcity to economics of plenty

[Brian Atkins]

BillK wrote:
> 
> But.....
> All our machines will be doing the work. There won't be competition
> anymore. Humans will be permanently retired. That was Spike's ideal
> scenario.
> 
> It will be a future of hobbies, hairdressing, painting, interior designing, etc.
> 

Humans can't be fully retired/out of the loop until there are AGIs that surpass 
us. You're talking Singularity - beyond the scope of my discussion. Until then, 
humans, increasingly enhanced humans, will continue to pull the strings of the 
subhuman software.
-- 
Brian Atkins
Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
http://www.singinst.org/