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12748801 No.12748801 [Reply] [Original]

The quality of life for the average wagecuck went down sharply following the Industrial Revolution, and didn't surpass preindustrial levels until several generations after the Industrial Revolution. With that in mind, and given that we are on the verge of an Automation Revolution, it would be in our best interests to delay automation/AI for as long as possible, since we would most likely not be the ones to benefit from its productivity boosts.

>> No.12748820
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12748820

Read these:

https://reducing-suffering.org/how-likely-is-wireheading/
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/N4AvpwNs7mZdQESzG/the-dilemma-of-worse-than-death-scenarios
https://s-risks.org/
https://www.hedweb.com/

>> No.12748837
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12748837

Would you consider something like pic related to be a good quality of life?

>> No.12748839

>>12748837
unironically yes.

>> No.12748869

>>12748837
Depends on whether i can control it.
If it's the equivalent of having access to an infinite amount of VR ( nerve-jacked ) games, yes.
If it's the equivalent of watching TV, with only one channel, no.

>> No.12748871

>>12748837
LITERALLY a crime against nature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucn2KzCDnOY

>> No.12748892

>>12748837
Between this and a life of pointless wagecucking? Yes.

>> No.12751045

>>12748869
it could, if paired with sensible government regulation, expanded leisure time may allow for greater participation in democracy, creative and intellectual pursuits. It might save our collective asses.