[oharapj]

It doesn’t matter if companies ditch people or not. If AI progress continues at the current rate the world will be completely unrecognisable in 10 years. The consumer and capitalist systems are almost certainly not a part of that world and the people making AI know that

[wizzwizz4]

If the people making AI knew that, then they wouldn't be trying to sell everyone on AI: they'd be keeping it for themselves (assuming selfishness).

What we're seeing is exactly what you'd expect if the AI hype were, from capital's perspective, just another NFT-style grift.

[naikrovek]

> The consumer and capitalist systems are almost certainly not a part of that world

I'm not sure how you view the world in 10 years, and I would really like to know more about what you're meaning here, and I agree that things will be bonkers in 10 years, for one reason or another, if the pace of AI progress continues.

[vouaobrasil]

That is true. What will happen in with the world is that consumerism and capitalism will be pushed aside for direct technological construction. In this world, AI, rather than the market, optimizes.