[ExI] thought experiment part 1

[Adrian Tymes]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 7:02 AM John Clark via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> *However technology is rapidly approaching the point where machines alone
> can do what somebody wants to get done, completely bypassing human labor,
> and thus also bypassing the abstract concept of "money".*
>

Only in certain fields.  Pure knowledge work, some factory automation, even
farm automation - although it will be a while before one could safely bet
one's life on being supported by a completely automated and
self-maintaining farm.  Not politics, nor most things dealing with
agreements that fundamentally involve other people.  There is some doubt as
to how creative the current sorts of AIs are turning out to be, although
even if they always require a human to spark any truly new idea, they can
fan the flames of millions (perhaps some day billions) of creators to where
it can seem like the AIs themselves are coming up with the ideas.

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