[ExI] AI and jobs

[Ben Zaiboc]

It occurs to me that we are obsessed with the jobs that humans currently do being replaced by AI, to the detriment of humans, when it might be better to focus on the jobs that humans have proven to be bad at, where it would be much better if suitable AI systems could take over, to everyone's benefit.

If we use the main principle of 'reduction of harm', mostly to the people affected by the job, not just to the occupant of the job (which should be secondary, when you think about it), I'm coming up with some interesting and probably controversial candidates for jobs that SHOULD be done by AI, simply because humans are so poor at them.

Here's my list:

Heads of State (in a general sense. This includes any individuals or groups of people who actually run a country)
Military, all levels
Heads of Police
Judiciary
Economic & Financial Policy
Education Policy
Communications, all levels
Transport, all levels
Healthcare, most roles

With secondary principles of efficiency and fair universal access to the benefits that each role provides to the public, I think it just makes sense that AI, once it's capable (which is very probably not far off), should do these jobs, and in fact that humans should be barred from doing them, given the harm they can, and often do, cause. If there's a case, as many people think, for barring humans from driving vehicles on public roads once AI can safely and efficiently do the job, there's certainly an even better case for barring them from these much more dangerous jobs.

I've probably missed some, please feel free to add to the list.

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Ben