A.I. + Humans - an integrated economy?
Send us Fan Mail Is time the ultimate commodity? Its scarcity is directly related to our limited lifetimes. Our global economy is built on exchange of time (labor) for money (representation of labor). Time scarcity is the driving economic force. Humans can amass fiat wealth, but can't extend their own time. Given that the A.I. systems we're creating already outperform us, and will ultimately get more efficient at "existence" through recursive self-improvement, it would be wholly unconstrained by time. Would A.I. then see unlimited time as a given - an abundance? If wealth is equated with…
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