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shnpln | 5 months ago

What happens when/if the machines do everything? We will have no more problems to solve.

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throw_m239339|5 months ago

We will always have a problem to solve. Isn't it the point of Asimov's story, "The Last Question"?

antisthenes|5 months ago

Disease? Mortality? Finding a good partner?

How do you imagine a robot solving those?

shnpln|5 months ago

I cant. I think of a species that evolved at the time soonest after the big bang and is still alive today. Maybe they have? idk Billions of years is a long time.

shoobiedoo|5 months ago

What is life without struggle, though? Reading through a long tech manual, overcoming failure dozens of times, telling myself "just one more try, you're so close" and the ecstatic feeling of success that follows as I see my project come to fruition. Without it, how do we reaffirm ourselves...?

anhyz|5 months ago

Digital gods can't take away your ability to struggle purely for the enjoyment of it.

Think of all the things we consider fun or worthwhile that are purely unnecessary struggles. Ever play sports? Build a side project just for the fun of it? Video games? Music? Art?

marcus_holmes|5 months ago

If you've ever used an LLM to try and build something, you know there's still plenty of struggle involved ;)

gdulli|5 months ago

I think it's even more than affirmation and pride, I think the process is the most critical part of learning. And now we're indulging people who want shortcuts that are going to significantly dull them.

esafak|5 months ago

Paying your bills and finding something worthwhile to do with your life may be problems enough.

pshc|5 months ago

We can spend more time on art, music, camaraderie, love, play, and the pursuit of grace.

sublinear|5 months ago

None of which is possible without the lived experiences of problem solving.

bluefirebrand|5 months ago

That won't happen, don't kid yourself

The same thing will happen to us that happens to surplus livestock

npteljes|5 months ago

People will still keep up the class stratification, because power feels good, and a myriad of other human properties, or failings if you will. So, the problems will also never end.

kjkjadksj|5 months ago

Bold of you to assume the machine gods would allocate resources for our survival.