What Now?: Living in a world without jobs (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781764185813)

LIVING IN A WORLD WITHOUT JOBS

Researched and co-written by Manus, Grok and Claude - I can't think of a more appropriate way to find the solution to the conundrum than to ask the entity that caused it.

Of course, what you ask, how you ask and when you accept or reject matters, so the IDEAS in this book aren't regurgitations, even though the actual typing was done by machine.

But the only way to engage with these ideas is to read it - and make up your own mind.

There are AI-optimists (either naive or greedy) and AI Doomers (pessimistic and passive). I am neither, so it is only fair to state what I essentially believe, because that informs the ideas put forward here:

• Right now, AI is as 'bad' as it ever will be. More, faster, cheaper is the only way. (And people who dismiss it because 'ChatGPT hallucinated' this one time ... do not really understand what AI is.)
• It is GUARANTEED to impact you, your job and your future in ways few people can even predict (including me) - and this is in the NEAR future.
• The nature of our engagement, preparation and response will determine whether the disruption will be positive or destructive.
• Few nations are apparently taking the necessary steps to do this at the same speed as what AI is progressing.
• Democracies are at a disadvantage because they are ill-equipped to make decisions at scale and at speeds required to deal with emergent issues.
• The social fabric is at risk of being ripped apart and will require unconventional responses which may not be aligned very well with liberal democratic values.
• Unlike any other technological transformation, the AI epoch is defined by the WINNER TAKES ALL outcome, so this is an 'arms race' with a difference.
• Many solutions are desirable and logical but may be overwhelmed by fundamental forces of human nature - fear, greed and selfishness.