Re: Personal chat thread
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 5:58 am
Nevermind, I found Yuli Ban's post in his chest thread that answered my questions. Now, I'm just reflecting on it all. I'm actually thinking of the bigger picture.
If creative expressions are fully automated first, that will put a lot of people out of a job, just thinking on my former job's clients/patrons as one perspective. Which will have a ripple effect on other jobs that are affected by the creatives. I was also thinking of both how ironic this all is, but also, how this might actually make humanity more depressed. We will be wowed by what automation in the creative sphere can do, but it will get depressing for creatives especially (who already lean on the depressive side to some degree). I also just think it will make humanity more anxious (aka if the creatives can be replaced, what about my job), and/or deflated. Art, movies, games, books all being created by ai instead of humans will be difficult to accept fully I think. Like, we will enjoy it, but it not being a human creating it will feel different. Machines are not something you can emulate or be inspired from to be like them (unless you join them).
I don't know what amount of jobs would be affected, but if it was as high as ten percent of people affected in some way, even with that small amount, I'm not sure how capitalism can survive. Especially if people are replaced and have nowhere to go, or have to downgrade their job. That could create huge rebellions, but also, cause problems. Less consumers (or poorer consumers) equals less money and more needy people equals more weightiness on the other side of the equation, in one way or another. Also, in situations like the heat waves, if you have more homeless people due to joblessness, you will have way more deaths. So, it's not good all around. If the problems surrounding the pandemic and how that created issues for a lot of businesses etc, has already caused mass chaos societally. Imagine how much more so automation of even some jobs without replacements (or with worse off jobs in return) is going to be and how much more people are going to be conspiracy theory inclined and anti technology/lean towards extremism. Anyways, those were my thoughts after what I've read. What do you all think?
If creative expressions are fully automated first, that will put a lot of people out of a job, just thinking on my former job's clients/patrons as one perspective. Which will have a ripple effect on other jobs that are affected by the creatives. I was also thinking of both how ironic this all is, but also, how this might actually make humanity more depressed. We will be wowed by what automation in the creative sphere can do, but it will get depressing for creatives especially (who already lean on the depressive side to some degree). I also just think it will make humanity more anxious (aka if the creatives can be replaced, what about my job), and/or deflated. Art, movies, games, books all being created by ai instead of humans will be difficult to accept fully I think. Like, we will enjoy it, but it not being a human creating it will feel different. Machines are not something you can emulate or be inspired from to be like them (unless you join them).
I don't know what amount of jobs would be affected, but if it was as high as ten percent of people affected in some way, even with that small amount, I'm not sure how capitalism can survive. Especially if people are replaced and have nowhere to go, or have to downgrade their job. That could create huge rebellions, but also, cause problems. Less consumers (or poorer consumers) equals less money and more needy people equals more weightiness on the other side of the equation, in one way or another. Also, in situations like the heat waves, if you have more homeless people due to joblessness, you will have way more deaths. So, it's not good all around. If the problems surrounding the pandemic and how that created issues for a lot of businesses etc, has already caused mass chaos societally. Imagine how much more so automation of even some jobs without replacements (or with worse off jobs in return) is going to be and how much more people are going to be conspiracy theory inclined and anti technology/lean towards extremism. Anyways, those were my thoughts after what I've read. What do you all think?