> Every child will have an AI tutor that is infinitely patient, infinitely compassionate, infinitely knowledgeable, infinitely helpful.
Which also means: infinitely capable of performing a job in their place. What will these children study for? Teachers have always transmitted to the only available recipients the knowledge that otherwise would have disappeared with them. When intelligent beings can simply be replicated at zero cost and have no expiration, what are children even learning for?
Because, at least for many, the desire to learn is hardwired and gives us an immense feeling of satisfaction and pleasure. I read/study/try many things that have no (or negative) material value and are done far better and more efficiently by someone else or by a mechanical/electronic device. Chess, for example, seems to still be pretty popular even though even the best grand masters can be easily trounced by a computer.
I have been around enough humans to know this is naive. There are so, so many humans who want nothing more than to laze around and indulge in vices while generally being completely useless.
You don't have to look very hard to find them and I really believe this world become the norm if people weren't required to work and thus got no real reward for their efforts.
> who want nothing more than to laze around and indulge in vices
Or is that the effect of poor-stimulation environments?
Like the study that showed teenage drinking plummeted[1] in Iceland when teenagers were given stimulating activities to do instead.
Anecdotally, I mostly drink when I’m bored, and I don’t drink when I am doing interesting things.
[1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=iceland+teenage+drinking+sports It was a variety of programs including a curfew for teenagers, but one leg of the programs was “Through the program, the municipalities funded and expanded after-school activities, from sports to gymnastics, to music, art, and ballet. The basic idea is to keep kids busy – and out of trouble – and help them find meaning in their lives that dissuades them from seeking alcohol or drugs in the first place.”. The nighttime curfew wouldn’t have prevented drinking during daytime or evenings, which reduced.
> When intelligent beings can simply be replicated at zero cost and have no expiration, what are children even learning for?
This is probably the most depressing thing I've read all year. And it's been a rough year. I hope you just had a "brain-fart" as the kids say, but if not: I implore you to think of the purpose of your life, and what it would be without the need to work 40h/week to survive.
Which also means: infinitely capable of performing a job in their place. What will these children study for? Teachers have always transmitted to the only available recipients the knowledge that otherwise would have disappeared with them. When intelligent beings can simply be replicated at zero cost and have no expiration, what are children even learning for?