alt Hacker NewsI agree. Technological advances can lead to a better world for sure, but I think many people underestimate the human need to create and to find meaning in their work.
If AI can do superhuman math that allows better medicines, cleaner energy etc that is great. But if AI replaces humans in all the creative and intellectual fields that is not only a loss of jobs but also a loss of deeply meaningful activities. This is waved away but I think that is mistaken.
What I fear is really the growing notion that "people shouldn't do math/art/music because machine do it better and cheaper".
Nevermind better, worse and more expensive is still on the table if you don't have to deal with a human. Cars replaced horses for a lot of reasons, but insofar as cars do have personalities, they're much less quirky than horses'