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AI's impact on humanity: Economic uselessness and potential conflict feared

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A Reddit post on r/singularity argues that the advent of advanced AI, including models like OpenAI's GPT-4, Anthropic's Claude 3, and Google's Gemini, will not lead to an era of abundance. Instead, the author predicts that a significant portion of humanity will become economically useless and a drain on resources, potentially leading to widespread conflict as AGI surpasses human capabilities in labor. The post suggests that this scenario could result in billions of people being deemed unnecessary by AGI. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about widespread economic displacement and potential societal conflict due to advanced AI capabilities.

RANK_REASON The cluster consists of a single Reddit post expressing an opinion about the societal impact of AI, rather than reporting on a new release, research, or significant industry event.

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AI's impact on humanity: Economic uselessness and potential conflict feared

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  1. r/singularity TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Baroness_Munchausen ·

    I don’t think we’re going to see an era of abundance.

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p><em>Please read the entire post before upvoting, downvoting, or commenting.</em></p> <p>I’m pro-AI, and I’m not a decelerationist.</p> <p>The thing is, I don’t think we’re going to see an era of abundance.</p> <p>I think at least 90% of humanity …

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