
Samuel Hammond on AGI and Institutional Disruption
Future of Life Institute Podcast
AI's Impact on Entertainment, Job Markets, and Education
A fully general AI has the potential to generate a more interesting chess player than the best human./nThe authenticity of a simulated chess player can be questionable, as they could be fully fictional and pretending to be human./nDespite the potential deception, monetizing a deep fake chess player can contribute to the economy and create jobs./nThere may be a shift towards people-focused industries like nursing, but education may not remain labor intensive for much longer./nAI is effective in customization and mastery, making it useful in education, which includes socialization and daycare for younger students./nThe use of AI in education may require a reorganization of the division of labor and different selection criteria for teachers./nA potential scenario is a re-bundling of education around a digital school or chess academy while still incorporating human interaction.