Artificial Superintelligence, AI systems that are more intelligent than humans across every domain, may or may not be coming soon
What could we do to prepare now for a future where it has arrived?
I have been considering:
- starting local community groups
- updating my investment strategies to be more resilient to market disruption
- diversifying personal income streams
- staying up to date with the latest news and learn to better use the latest tools/technology
- upgrading personal skills towards the harder to replace industries
It’s a bit difficult to imagine a truly “safe” way of life. Barring UBI and more progressive taxes it seems like it may be quite challenging for the average person to exist comfortably.
Some industries that are already impacted at the level of technology we already have
- programming
- ui design
- creative writing
- technical writing
- customer support
- graphic art
- data analysis
I think almost every other industry is at risk of significant disruption. A capitalism based society will always stray toward the cheapest option, “if AI can take customer support calls for $1/day and customer satisfaction doesn’t dip, why would I pay a person $150/day?”
Until humanity unites there is no ‘we’ who can do anything. We are currently too busy polarising, fighting and reinforcing poverty. If AGI ever arrives, it’ll most likely be weaponised or used to make rich people richer.
If ASI runs out of control, we can only hope it’ll be a nice god and doesn’t immediately see humans are a disease and try to kill us off.
It’s, at this point, hubris to assume AGI/ASI wants anything to do with us.