Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "We Should ALL Be Worred About Boston Dynamics" video.

  1. I would normally agree, but with how quickly A.I. is advancing, I'm not so sure any more. The truth is, since early this year, pandoras box has been opened and that's very likely going to have far more rapid progress on this tech as it's going from the lab to mainstream, progress is always far more rapid when that happens because a lot more money is thrown at it, we're starting to see that with A.I. now. So I wouldn't worry just yet, but I suspect the tech is going to advance more over the next decade than it has in all our history of robotics and A.I. and with that, it's going to be interesting to see how much progress on it has been made over the next decade.
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  2. Like any technology, it can be used for good and bad, robotics and A.I. are no exception to the rules and will be used for good and bad. That doesn't mean there are no ways of trying to make it safer and for some that want to abuse the situation, make it harder for them to do so and I do think some regulations are going to be needed, something governments around the world tend to be slow at doing until things go wrong. As for job losses, the very nature of capitalism is to improve things, earn money and be more productive, A.I. and robotics is very likely going to put most of us out of work, simply because it will be able to do more or less any job we do but cheaper and faster and here is the kicker, businesses will be pushed into pushing the human workforce out as they want to cut cost, human labour is a cost that is getting more expensive all the time and the real kicker is that consumers will likely gravitate towards products that are made by robotics, because they likely can be made a lot cheaper than human labour can produce, just like cheap labour. The question isn't will robotics and A.I. take over most jobs, the real question is what will we do with our time as I don't think it's a good idea for us to be idle, doing nothing, humans tend to need some kind of centre of gravity, a purpose and structure in life and work for all its fault does give a lot of people structure in life, you only have to look at people that retire or are unemployed for a long time to see that. Personally, I think we're going to have to redefine the capitalist model, as the current one won't work, maybe we'll need a basic universal allowance for everyone, but I do think we'll need something to occupied our time, work isn't going to be it, maybe education could be it as we can always continue to learn new things throughout our lives. On the plus side, it will allow us a lot more time to work on projects that we actually want to work on, a lot of us have interest and hobbies in many things but either don't have the time or skills to work on them, robotics and A.I. could assist us on that whiles freeing out time to work on things we actually want to work on, without the pressure on earning money for food and other basic things. One thing I am sure off, I don't think most of us are aware of the massive changes that are on their way over the next few decades, maybe even sooner with how quickly A.I. is advancing and I get the feeling we are at the early 90's stage of computers but for A.I. which exploded through the 90's from a nerd thing to mainstream, I can't help but feel that A.I. is going through the same process now and if I'm right, we could be talking revolution level of progress over the next decade or so and I seriously hope we're ready for thing because I doubt most are or are even aware of what's coming.
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