A post-Singularity future driven by advanced technology may eliminate traditional spaces for building relationships, as individuals bypass collaborative communities to consult automated tools directly. At the same time, limitless and convenient sensory entertainment will continually outcompete real-world socialization. Deprived of struggle, accomplishments, and education, human character may degrade to the point where forming compelling personal bonds becomes exceedingly difficult. Over time, original social circles will dwindle from attrition, disengagement, or suicide born of boredom, leaving lost connections impossible to replace.
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Universal basic income and superhuman automation threaten to eliminate the shared institu…: Universal basic income and superhuman automation threaten to eliminate the shared institutional environments necessary for forging interpersonal bonds.
The absence of meaningful struggle, formal education, and personal achievements risks deg…: The absence of meaningful struggle, formal education, and personal achievements risks degrading human character and hindering mutual connection.
Naturally depleted social networks will prove impossible for future generations to replac…: Naturally depleted social networks will prove impossible for future generations to replace due to a total lack of communal infrastructure.
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What will we do after the Singularity? The standard answer is: “we’ll just hang out”. The infinite vacation, as in the Culture novels. I think this won’t work. “Hanging out” implies:
- Other people exist.
- They want to hang out with you.
- You want to hang out with them.
And the post-scarcity, infinite vacation AI utopia undermines all these assumptions.
Other people exist
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