Originally Posted by shoot twice

We are 7 billion people with varying degrees of intelligence on this planet. Furthermore the vast majority of wealth is controlled by a very very small minority of people.

Even if "AI" happens or not we're going to be left with massive problems.

1) Not everyone is capable of being a computer programer. Some people are just plain cut out to be tailors, plumbers, farmers, truck drivers, etc. AND there are always going to be those that are never going to be more than ditch diggers.

2) All this technology isn't looking after the poor, the hungry, etc. What it's doing is taking what little wealth and power exists on the lowest classes of society and putting it into the hands of yet an EVEN SMALLER group of people.

3) Unlike previous eras, today's digital technologies destroy the jobs of skilled labor. The ones most affected are the plumbers, tailors, auto mechanics, etc

4) Finally it causes war and police states. The problem is simple to understand... As the tech removes the wealth and power of the lower classes then desperate groups of individuals form and try fighting back. In response the upper class that controls the wealth and power use the technology to suppress and control the lower class. (Ever wonder why the war on terror is never ending?

Digital technology and the various gadgets are NOT progress.
Progress is a stable world with enough food, housing and sanitation for everyone. It's a world at peace where each person has access to an education and is free to love who they want and worship how they want in peace and without fear. A world where truth takes priority over freedom of speech.

ps. I've said my piece now the rest is up to the trolls.