Superintelligence, Universal High Income, and the Future of Jobs

Superintelligence, um, I, I think by far the most likely outcome is an age of abundance, uh, where we don't have just, uh, universal basic income, we have universal high income.

Um, and, uh, you know, people speak about the medical benefits.

I think the, uh, but, but maybe it's worth to talk a bit more about that. Um, when you have, uh, robots and you have superintelligence, it means that everyone in the world can have better medical care than anyone here, including me.

Um, and wouldn't that be wonderful? Not if they haven't got a job.

Well, jobs are going to change. Jo- jobs have always changed.

Um, but, uh, it... Being a computer used to be a job.

There used to be buildings full of people doing calculations.

Uh, but now, uh, compute- you know, digital computers do, do those tasks. And I don't think anyone is, uh, pining to go back and do calculations all day, uh, to do bank interest rates, which is what they used to do.

So I think we'll see an evolution of, of roles.

Um, and, uh, and as the president has mentioned, the, uh, it's, it's not as though, uh, unemployment has increased. In fact, there's a tremendous demand for people.

Um, so I, I think the most likely outcome, and it's probably worth looking at the most likely outcome, uh, is one which is incredibly beneficial, and it's a future that you're... If you could, if you could look into the future, it is a future you would want