price of food falling by 2x every couple of years. Anything less than this could lead to biological humans becoming economically unviable,
Why so? Human populations do not double every couple of years.
When AGI requires less than 10 watts, even human brains in vatts become uncompetitive.
Hold on. We're not talking about competition between computers and humans. You said that in the future there will not be enough food for all (biological) humans. That has nothing to do with competitiveness.
We're not talking about competition between computers and humans. You said that in the future there will not be enough food for all (biological) humans.
I think you are misremembering the context. Here's the first thing he said on the subject:
There is no natural law which ensures that everyone has earnings potential greater than cost of living. New tech isn't making food or housing cheaper fast enough, and can't be expected to in the future. AI could suddenly make most of the work force redundant without making housing or food free.
and that is explicitly about the relationship between food cost and earning power in the context of AI.
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