Mo Gawdat thinks the next 12-15 years will be dark, not because of robots but because of our own “stupidity.”

Somehow, AI is going to be responsible for both dystopia and utopia. But the good news is we have 18 months to get ready!

  • HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    I could see your argument if UBI was a recent concept (made by bad actors aimed at fixing today’s problem in order to steal the government from the governed tomorrow), but the concept has been around for a while: wiki article.

    • badgermurphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      19 hours ago

      Its not so much of an argument as a concern. It puts an extreme amount of the country’s economic activity directly in the hands of the government. We see globally that governments can quickly change their motivations.

      The same rope that can be used to help people out of a hole can be used to tie them up.