It’s easy to imagine the end of the world (mass unemployment, war, caste systems, starvation, Terminators)
Much harder to imagine the miracle:
1. We are birthing gods
2. AI-powered robots could produce limitless food, water, and shelter (the foundations of life) for every human being
3. Medicine will leap forward: longer lifespans, extended healthspans... maybe even the end of aging itself
4. Distributed, open-source AI will develop in parallel with closed systems, ensuring that frontier technology isn’t locked behind elite walls
5. Universal Basic Income feels inevitable (and will soon dominate global politics)
6. If UBI is inevitable, then we are standing on the threshold of history’s most profound shift: when work becomes optional
7. A few generations from now, people may look back at our "jobs" the way we look at child labor or debtor’s prisons: as a grim necessity of a more primitive age
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