| Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2001 : 2 March 2001 |
Let's try again. What will you do in the future, when computers surpass humanity and become superintelligent, causing vast social upheaval because all jobs are automated?
A. I told you, that can't happen. The 12-year-old computer geniuses
won't stand for it.
B. They promised upheaval at the fall of the Soviet Union, too,
but it only affected the Soviet Union. No problem.
C. I'll stock up on pretzels and wait it out.
D. I told you, I'll retire. Our robot masters will assure
the stability of the important institutions, like the stock market.
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