Discussion on AI and Economic Value

Well, what do you want money for?

Are you- you want money for goods and services.

Yeah.

Right? You want money for

obviously food, housing, transport, entertainment.

Um, well, if that is so abundant

that, uh, th- there's more ...

Th- that the robots and AI are providing more goods

and services than y- than

any human could possibly consume,

what do you need money for in that case?

Are you, you're creating these robots.

Are you then selling-

I guess every now and then you'll need money, sure.

Are you, are you selling these robots?

Are you selling hu- humanoid robots, or are you producing goods and

services with the humanoid robots that you control?

Well-

Are you the Levi Strauss?

I think, I think it-

Are you selling-

I think I would probably be ...

It, it would be an exercise in vanity to, for me to think that I would be

controlling

a super genius AI that is vastly smarter than me.

I think the, what we can and should try to do is to make sure

that the AI

has good values, that it cares about h-

humanity, and that,

uh, it m- wants, wants us to be happy and prosper.

Um,

I think it probably will be. Um,

my,

what my biological neural net tells me is that the most important thing for the

s-

for AI safety is to be maximally truth-seeking and curious.

Uh, if that's the case, uh, I think it will foster

humanity