Sure, there will be plenty of living wage jobs available for people with an IQ high enough to tinker around with artificial intelligence. But those living wage jobs won't be for the masses of people with just low or average intelligence.
Universal Basic Income needs to get figured out and setup now instead of doing it last minute in a panic.
The rise of ChatGPT and new Bing stuff is cool, but it's not real "AI", it's essentially a language model trained on internet content. It can only response to things it knows something about, or theoretically can search and collate already existing information into a cohesive response. Maybe that can be considered "intelligence", but they are typically not "thinking" or creating new ideas, just parroting existing information in the appropriate context.
AI could eliminate low-wage jobs in several ways. One way is through automation. AI-powered machines and robots can perform many manual labor jobs faster, more accurately, and more efficiently than humans, which can make human labor redundant. For example, self-driving vehicles, automated factories, and intelligent assistants can all replace human workers.
Another way is through the use of AI algorithms that can perform cognitive tasks, such as customer service or data entry. These algorithms can analyze large amounts of data, learn from it, and provide accurate responses or recommendations. As these algorithms become more sophisticated, they can replace human workers who perform similar tasks.
The elimination of low-wage jobs can have a significant impact on people's livelihoods, especially those who rely on such jobs to make ends meet. If large numbers of people lose their jobs, it could lead to widespread economic insecurity, poverty, and social unrest.
One potential solution to address the impact of job loss caused by AI is to implement a universal basic income (UBI). UBI is a program where all citizens receive a set amount of money from the government to cover their basic needs. The goal of UBI is to provide people with a safety net, so they can meet their basic needs and maintain a decent standard of living, even if they are not employed.
AI could provide the necessary resources to fund UBI programs by reducing costs and increasing productivity. Automated systems could reduce overhead and manufacturing costs, which could increase profits and tax revenue. As a result, governments could use these savings to fund UBI programs, which could help reduce poverty, increase economic security, and provide a safety net for those affected by the loss of low-wage jobs.
In summary, AI could eliminate low-wage jobs through automation and the use of AI algorithms, which could lead to economic insecurity for those affected. UBI could provide a solution to this problem by ensuring that all citizens receive a basic income to meet their basic needs, regardless of whether they are employed or not. The funding for UBI could come from the increased productivity and reduced costs of AI-powered systems.
Most 'high IQ' jobs can be automated with AI. The people with careers in the future will have high EQ (emotional intelligence)
Why can't high-EQ jobs be automated?
Even after the widespread adoption of machine learning, there will still be jobs for humans. There are plenty of tasks that can be done more cheaply by humans than by robots or machine learning models. In fact, keeping people employed is a benefit by itself. A company doesn't get clout or voting power by employing robots, and humans that are employed will work to maintain the system that supports them because they have a vested interest in its continued existence (whether they like it or not).
How would inflation be controlled in a situation with UBI? It seems to me that companies would just increase prices to claim the extra money floating around.
Most 'high IQ' jobs can be automated with AI. The people with careers in the future will have high EQ (emotional intelligence)
High Emotional Intelligence?!?! LOL. That's not me and that's not most people on this message board. And I don't think you can just brute force train a higher EQ. You either have it or you don't. A universal basic income will be necessary.
Even after the widespread adoption of machine learning, there will still be jobs for humans. There are plenty of tasks that can be done more cheaply by humans than by robots or machine learning models. In fact, keeping people employed is a benefit by itself. A company doesn't get clout or voting power by employing robots, and humans that are employed will work to maintain the system that supports them because they have a vested interest in its continued existence (whether they like it or not).
How would inflation be controlled in a situation with UBI? It seems to me that companies would just increase prices to claim the extra money floating around.
What will be the corporation's incentive to pay these annoying obsolete humans a living wage? Particularly the humans that don't happen to be geniuses.
UBI is a terrible concept - at minimum for the fact that people need jobs and purpose, for reasons completely aside from compensation.
UBI would incentivise people to be even lazier than they currently are.
Nevermind the fact that paying people for *nothing* is an absolutely terrible idea. Once the cat is out of the bag, theres no putting it back in. We could never undo it.
Sure, there will be plenty of living wage jobs available for people with an IQ high enough to tinker around with artificial intelligence. But those living wage jobs won't be for the masses of people with just low or average intelligence.
Universal Basic Income needs to get figured out and setup now instead of doing it last minute in a panic.
Can't you ask AI to send you some universal basic income?
UBI is a terrible concept - at minimum for the fact that people need jobs and purpose.
That argument is so annoying.
Maybe YOU need a job to give your life purpose, but there are many people who would have a wonderful meaningful life without having a job to define their life's purpose.
Reminds me of defending slavery, because without a job those people would have no purpose in their life, right?
We need to do a better job in the education system of preparing kids for the realities of the current job market.
I just think the future job market will discard people without a certain level of IQ. Which may be 90 or 100 or maybe 130. Stupid people will be in trouble, and believe me, there are a lot of stupid people.
What will be the corporation's incentive to pay these annoying obsolete humans a living wage? Particularly the humans that don't happen to be geniuses.
Obsolete and non-genius humans are still useful. Does every industry use the most high-tech equipment in every possible application? No. Plenty of companies get by just fine using hardware and software designed decades ago. For many industries, it will be easier and cheaper to use human labor than to develop automated alternatives for the foreseeable future.
What will be the corporation's incentive to pay these annoying obsolete humans a living wage? Particularly the humans that don't happen to be geniuses.
Obsolete and non-genius humans are still useful. Does every industry use the most high-tech equipment in every possible application? No. Plenty of companies get by just fine using hardware and software designed decades ago. For many industries, it will be easier and cheaper to use human labor than to develop automated alternatives for the foreseeable future.
Ok. As long as there are enough of those jobs to go around, and as long as they pay a living wage, I guess we'll be fine.
Maybe YOU need a job to give your life purpose, but there are many people who would have a wonderful meaningful life without having a job to define their life's purpose.
Reminds me of defending slavery, because without a job those people would have no purpose in their life, right?
The point isn't that humans need to work a job per se in order to have purpose - the point is that humans need to stay occupied or else their social structure will fall apart because our social structure is built around the constant work that prehistoric survival required. Our brains are not well equipped to idle. You might very well be able to live a meaningful wonderful life without a job, but is that true for everyone all the time?