How can I maximise my chances of having a decent life, given the very high likelihood that GAI will make all our intellectual labour useless in the next few years?
For example, I graduated from a good university a few years ago and am working as a software engineer in a multinational company, but my capabilities are middling at best. I am distressed that I will likely not be able to afford a house in the few years left before GAI renders me unable to afford a living. I am not a genius; it is very unlikely that I can join an AI research company and contribute meaningfully to AI research.
Assuming I have a small amount of money (100-200k) I can set aside, should I attempt to, for example, invest in companies that will likely be able to monetise GAI?
Or is there something else I should be doing to prepare for the time I have basically zero human capital?
Should I attempt to move to (and get citizenship from) a country with a larger amount of natural resources, assuming that human capital will become worthless quickly?
Is it reasonable to find potential outs (e.g. physician-assisted death) in case we cannot earn a living (and if unfriendly AI is basically confirmed)?
I mean, you're not alone in this. Lots of people will have the same problems. So one possible direction is to participate in movements for AI restrictions, job guarantees, basic income and so on.
Yes, but how does that equate to it being a serious issue for someone like the OP, who is not a super-genius and can't work a way out of it?
It's like saying black holes are a serious issue to them because there's the possibility of a rogue one swallowing up the Earth.
Which in one sense, is true, but seems to be entirely futile because to worry about it is just pounding sand.