Dr. Jeff Beck

Now, 100 years from now, who knows?

What will the value of work be if the AIs can do everything and there's nothing left for us to do?

I don't think that it will ever be the case that the AIs can do everything.

Like I said, the future I worry about is one where the sole role of people is sitting around making sure the AIs aren't going rogue and things like that, which I don't consider a good outcome.

I would really like to see human improvement.

I envision a future of, I don't know, this is like...

cybernetic transhumanism if i'm going to go sci-fi on this right where where you know the technology and us evolve together in a way that's beneficial for both that's the goal um you know are there these dystopic possibilities where like oh well what are humans in a world where well what are they what are what are humans in a world where everything can be done by a robot

You know, that's a good question.

And at the end of the day, right, they end up just becoming like reward function selectors, right?

They end up just sort of saying, oh, I don't like this and I do like that.

And they're basically, you know, I mean, you end up with another nightmare scenario.

I don't like talking about these dystopian futures because honestly, I think people are too clever.

And I think people are too motivated and people are too interested in how the world really works.

And people are too interested in actually understanding things that they will never stop, that AI will become a partner, not an adversary or a crutch.

And that's what I think will happen.

But that's a statement more about my belief about humans than it is about my belief about the development of AI.

I am a techno-optimist, if you will, not a pessimist.

I believe that we will find a way to adapt to an ever-changing world as we have done for millions of years, including one that includes technology that alleviates most of our labors.

We are now well outside my area of expertise, so I'm just going to say that before I say anything else.

AI is developing very quickly, but I am much more concerned about what people will do with the new technology than I am with what the technology will do all by itself.