PECOS-9 comments on Open thread, Aug. 17 - Aug. 23, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PECOS-9 21 August 2015 11:38:48PM 2 points [-]

What should you be doing right now if you believe that advances in AI are about to cause large-scale unemployment within the next 20 years (ignoring the issue of FAI for the sake of discussion)?

Comment author: knb 22 August 2015 07:00:50AM 4 points [-]

I think the standard answer is "acquire capital." Figuring out which tasks are AI hard and then specializing in those is another possibility.

Comment author: Lumifer 22 August 2015 04:27:57PM 2 points [-]

Not be "low-skilled", obviously.