Synthetic Super Intelligence and the Transmutation of Humankind

Synthetic Super Intelligence and the Transmutation of Humankind
The Governor of the Bank of Japan has suggested a similar solution to
what I was suggesting above, i.e. having a center where people can meet.
He suggests that the local governments invest in such a center, where people
can learn skills from each other—not to barter, but to be able to open up new
small businesses and become a productive part of society again. The
question is if it would work, however. Over the last 50 years, small
businesses have become less and less profitable, which mainly is because the
larger industries are taking over the market making it nearly impossible for
small businesses to compete and survive. Moreover, if a small business does
manage to become successful, it is usually bought up by the large
corporations and this way, they are taking over an even bigger piece of the
overall market. Eventually, the rest of the small businesses succumb.
However, this is what the Governor of the Bank of Japan has to say:
One way to nurture fledgling ideas would be to build out a network of
business incubators. Here Youngstown offers an unexpected model: its
business incubator has been recognized internationally, and its success has
brought new hope to West Federal Street, the city’s main drag. 340
The fact that mass employment will be an issue is not something that
concerns those in power; it’s only crying for temporary solutions at this
point. It’s all about keeping the show on the road until the Singularity is
here. After that, human thinking capacity will be at its peak, and according
to the Singularity gurus, we will be a billion times more intelligent. Then,
who cares about small problems, such as unemployment? It will be a nonissue.
However, the mass unemployment that might hit us before 2045 will
be a stress factor necessary for the Controllers to be able to usher in the
Singularity. Again, we have the formula, problem-reaction-solution, being
used on us. I am sure you can easily figure out how this formula applies to
the above situation; mass unemployment is the problem, people will react
and demand that something must be done about it, and the solution to the
problem that the Controllers created in the first place will be the
Singularity.
Oxford researchers predict that in two decades from now, will robots
have taken over fifty percent of the U.S. workforce. 341 One idea is—and it’s
340
Ibid. op. cit.
341
Ibid.
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