Unless there is a clear sign, the singularity is just a dream. There are no horns blaring yet. We just have a chatbot.

Don’t become a tinfoil hat guy

I don't think UBI's gonna happen any sooner than 10 years until we see massive job layoffs and people start to protest on the street.

No they aren't lol

We have the entire solar system worth of resources which is already more than we could reasonably use, and then there's the entire galaxy beyond that.

By the time we even started to run out of stuff from the asteroid belt alone, we would long since have reached a stage where we could just upload our brain to a computer instead and live in a digital paradise tailored to each person, without having to screw around with traveling to distant star systems for more

Honest question:

What keeps you going?

Post scarcity is a myth resources are finite

> How exactly is the machine going to generate income if capitalism or some sort of goods and services economy doesn't exist? Who is going to pay the machine? Other machines? Income doesn't just magically appear out of thin air...

"Income" itself is a concept that won't exist in a post scarcity society.

If you have a replicator that can easily spit out anything you need including other replicators, then you very quickly reach a situation where you don't need much of anything besides just mass to feed the replicator.

We aren't at that stage yet obviously, but once AI start massively improving 3D printers we won't be far off, and then it will just turn into a situation where people re-use trash from landfills and materials from asteroids etc to refine into other products, and you only work for fun, rather than as a necessity.

People and AI will still keep advancing tech, but "income" won't be required for much of anything. UBI would turn into a government issued ration fund for your replicator and that's about all that would be mandatory

"We've used AI to create a map of your personality and memories, so you can continue working even after death"

I do think it shifts the likelihood of different types of attacks more heavily toward EMPs, at least.

What like a social credit score

I only have precautions against the most likely moves from Luddites. Nothing else seems predictable.

Most of this is stupid. If we have a murderous AI take over then the very act of you prepping will highlight you for elimination.

For a lack of UBI "prepping" means building up savings and learning skills that will keep you relevant. This is something everyone should do even if there are no AIs.

The rest of these are run off the mill wars or terrorist attacks and have nothing to do with AI. They would or would not happen just the same regardless of whether the attackers are using AI tools.

Any prepper tendencies should not be affected by the existence of AI.

Why do that when AGI can do it for you? Lol.

But seriously, why? Why put so much effort into it when the newer more advanced ones can do it for you with less effort.

The tools we created in the past were used to create better tools, which were then used to create even better tools, and so forth. Self-improving AI is the spark that will really get this party started.

Income comes from production. Doesnt matter if made by a machine or a human. I believe in the beginning of transition the gov will need set high taxes to AI companies. In far future, there will be no money at all. All the goods and services made by AI robots for free. Maybe every human could have a score that reflexes his actions in society and can use this to buy a nice car or house. Crazy science fiction but not impossible

God no, what a waste of energy and time. Even if shit does collapse, which I don't think is impossible though extremely unlikely, this shit isn't a tv show.

>Technological recursive self improvement has always been going on in the background

What do you exactly mean by that?

First of, "don't judge a fish for it's ability to climb a tree" is a load of bullshit. No one asks children to be experts in multiple fields, we are asking them for bare minimum knowledge in multiple fields. It's an excuse, a stupidity and laziness fueled excuse, which brings me to my second point, in the future (and to a large degree even now, especially if you are on Reddit) what will truly separate haves and have-nots is ability and willingness to learn new things. YouTube is already full of lectures on every subject imaginable, companies like Amazon and Microsoft will give you free server, to run your web app, etc. The barrier for entry is no longer money, it's the knowledge. Which brings me to my third point, why "revolutionize" children education when adult education needs it even more?

If you are truly serious about something like that, you should realize that adults need and want to learn too, they need education, they want education, and most importantly, they do not have the same barrier for entry, they do not have legal constrain. Second, yes, with technologies like chatGPT we are very close to personalized tutor for every student, and we need that. I believe Arthur C Clarke predicted that back in 60's.

How exactly is the machine going to generate income if capitalism or some sort of goods and services economy doesn't exist? Who is going to pay the machine? Other machines? Income doesn't just magically appear out of thin air...

Who owns the machines? Nobody? Other "CEO" machines?

bro go to r/collapse this ain’t the place

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Reddit is full of 15 years olds, are you surprised the debate here has all the level of nuance a 15 years old brain can handle?

General prepping for broad scenarios -- from power outages, riots, ice storms, or pandemics -- without going totally crazy is the smart approach, historically.

Transformers are really close to something like a general learner. If people had that in their meme arsenal they might use it instead of general intelligence.

The guy bringing up Eliza, which is only a weird knowledge flex, should make his own subreddit for his strange fixation.

Damn bro I know you're half joking, but this hits real for many people, sad reality :(

Life is bullshit anyways. Sue your parents for damages.