<story><title>Building AI</title><url>https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10102620559534481</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bobby_9x</author><text>&amp;quot;We should not be afraid of AI. Instead, we should hope for the amazing amount of good it will do in the world. It will saves lives by diagnosing diseases and driving us around more safely. It will enable breakthroughs by helping us find new planets and understand Earth&amp;#x27;s climate. It will help in areas we haven&amp;#x27;t even thought of today.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Zuckerberg isn&amp;#x27;t afraid of AI because he already has more money than he will never need (or thousands of other people would need) in a lifetime.  However, when AI gets good enough, it will make many jobs obsolete and they will not be replaced at a fast enough rate.&lt;p&gt;I use simple forms of automation at my own company.  Instead of hiring 3 or 4 workers, I write software.  I can&amp;#x27;t imagine how many jobs will be replaced when AI gets to the point of near-human levels of learning.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kylemathews</author><text>Yeah, the last 100 years have sucked since the tractor was invented and I&amp;#x27;ve been unable to find farm jobs.&lt;p&gt;You just beautifully summarized the &amp;quot;Lump of Work fallacy&amp;quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Lump_of_labour_fallacy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Lump_of_labour_fallacy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, technology changes&amp;#x2F;improvements causes transitions in the job market but as it turns out, human needs are endless and new jobs are created for displaced workers.</text></comment>
<story><title>Building AI</title><url>https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10102620559534481</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bobby_9x</author><text>&amp;quot;We should not be afraid of AI. Instead, we should hope for the amazing amount of good it will do in the world. It will saves lives by diagnosing diseases and driving us around more safely. It will enable breakthroughs by helping us find new planets and understand Earth&amp;#x27;s climate. It will help in areas we haven&amp;#x27;t even thought of today.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Zuckerberg isn&amp;#x27;t afraid of AI because he already has more money than he will never need (or thousands of other people would need) in a lifetime.  However, when AI gets good enough, it will make many jobs obsolete and they will not be replaced at a fast enough rate.&lt;p&gt;I use simple forms of automation at my own company.  Instead of hiring 3 or 4 workers, I write software.  I can&amp;#x27;t imagine how many jobs will be replaced when AI gets to the point of near-human levels of learning.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rqebmm</author><text>Technology has always obsoleted jobs[0]. However, humans are unceasingly creative and find new things to do once tedious tasks are automated.&lt;p&gt;[0]&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Technological_unemployment#History&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Technological_unemployment#His...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>