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alexjrayyesterday at 5:41 PM6 repliesview on HN

Even if they automate all our current jobs uniquely human experiences will always be valuable to us and will always have demand.


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b112yesterday at 5:44 PM

For AI, yes.

For AGI? Do you care about uniquely ant experience? Bacteria?

Why would AGI care? Which now runs the planet?

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falcor84yesterday at 5:53 PM

There's a bit of a circular argument here - even if we human always assign intrinsic value to ourselves and our kin, I don't see a clear argument that human capabilities will have external value to the economy at large.

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wincyyesterday at 5:44 PM

Sounds like it’s time to become a Michelin Star chef. Or a plumber.

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sodapopcanyesterday at 5:48 PM

For those not living terminally online, yes.

ramesh31yesterday at 5:54 PM

>Even if they automate all our current jobs uniquely human experiences will always be valuable to us and will always have demand.

I call this the Quark principle. On DS9, there are matter replicators that can perfectly recreate any possible drink imaginable instantly. And yet, the people of the station still gather at Quark's and pay him money to pour and mix their drinks from physical bottles. As long as we are human, some things will never go away no matter how advanced the technology becomes.

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gdillayesterday at 5:54 PM

sex with humans - still hard to replicate. for now. sex workers should charge by the second since techbros are so used to that model now.