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Why aren't people freaking out?
We may have created a semi sentient AI and people are still going about their lives and their careers as if things will remain unchanged until they retire.
Chat GPT is in it's infancy and already capable of creating custom meal plans; what goes through the mind of someone currently studying to become a nutritionist?
What worries me the most is the return to a society with no upward mobility: what can you do to make money in a society where intelligence is free? Fuck off to the desert and dig till you find gold?
Those who see the impacts of the technology, seem to be engaged in a rat race to extract whatever value they can while there is still time - whenever I see an Youtube "content creator" teaching hustlers to make money by publishing AI-generated children's books on Amazon/selling shit on Etsy with Midjourney art printed on it, it makes me wanna puke.
How many years of relative normalcy do we have left to enjoy? 2, 5 years at best?
Suddenly, a nuclear armageddon doesn't look like the worst possible outcome.