On: AI and the Automation of Work

[Shorel]

What's the point of research if some new student can do it better than me, right now?

What's the point of playing chess if Magnus Carlsen will beat me every time we play?

This seems a bit absurd, but it's something I have feared since I learned I am not the best at everything.

[jiggawatts → Shorel]

There's only one Magnus Carlsen.

Now ask yourself what's the point of playing chess if every chessplayer except you is a copy of Magnus Carlsen.

[sanderjd → jiggawatts]

But that's just it: there are as we speak an infinite number of chess "players" who are better than Magnus Carlsen. And chess has never been more popular.

[shepherdjerred → Shorel]

Once we have one AGI machine wouldn't we quickly have as many as we wanted?