Yes. There are just too many powerful forces at play for A.I NOT to advance very quickly. When you use the term 'abundance', are you referring here to the amount of leisure time that some say we will have? It's logical that not only will we have little or no jobs (other than online jobs?) to keep us occupied, and there is no way any government will be able to hide this from us. There will have to be an open recognition from governments that leisure time will become a major component of our lives. Of course, it's perfectly possible that the third world countries will have jobs, for a lag period (10/20 years?) but I'm sure the western world will need to move, somehow, to this leisure time very quickly.
Perhaps this will be a time for great civic advancement, where we donate time to help our fellow man? We will bringing up our children into a, dare I say, post-nuclear family, where neither parent will be working and 'peter pan' children may find it difficult to grow up, without the responsibilities of our present day society.......Just thinking out loud here. Who knows? It's certainly a fascinating topic envisioning our future.
What is it that Singularity University does? I'd be interested to know.
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