AI and human productivity. The value of imperfection.

[kandrathe]

I wrote a bit of a warning song after watching Lex Friedman podcast regarding AI futures...

  Convergence  Lyrics



I use convergence to describe the advent of a fully conscious Mechanco-sapian,  And we surrender homo sapiens genetic improvement to the merger of humans with AI driven implants moving towards Mechano-sapien self replication.

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[kandrathe]

How did I get there?

• OUTLINE: 
  
• 0:00 Introduction 
  
• 1:51 Defining economics 
  
• 8:50 Schools of economics 
  
• 33:10 Karl Marx 
  
• 51:24 Labor theory of value 
  
• 1:11:10 Socialism 
  
• 1:26:12 Soviet Union 
  
• 1:39:33 China 
  
• 1:59:24 Climate change
  
• 2:21:27 Economics vs Politics 
  
• 2:29:30  Minsky's model 
  
• 2:44:14 Financial crisis 
  
• 2:49:31 Inflation 
  
• 3:02:46 Marxism 
  
• 3:10:06 Space and AI 
  
• 3:16:11 Advice for young people 
  
• 3:20:02 Depression 
  
• 3:24:35 Love 
  
• 3:28:35 Mortality
  

My discussion with Grok and ChatGPT

The important ideas are understanding the being we are creating.  AI needs to have a reward mechanism, "Apple Pie tastes better than mud pies"  Explaining aesthetics. The endeavor of creative expression and our reliance on "happy little accidents"...

Our velocity towards the evil AI overlords is accelerating...
Dario Amodei: Anthropic CEO on Claude, AGI & the Future of AI & Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #452

The danger of ushering in our extinction is very high.
Why 99.999% of Us Won’t Survive Artificial Superintelligence

[kandrathe]

Here's my Rap version. lip-synciing is still a difficult problem.