Frank's Musings

Resistance to the use of Artificial Intelligence is a common reaction to this new technology. It can liberate mankind from engaging in repetitive intellectual tasks for earning economic rewards with which to obtain more pleasurable experiences. Some of those activities directly compete with performance of the simple tasks that AI can do. However, people also enjoy the act of performing some of those simple tasks. Preventing loss of the pleasurable feelings created by that performance as a result of substituting AI as the task’s agent is the political challenge that AI makes. In other words, being able to accomplish certain tasks affirms one's mastery of particular skills, whereas using a tool instead to perform those tasks is considered by others a relief that allows the pursuit of other more desirable activities.