> Most of my hobbies I pursued in my formative years as a child
I will specify my stance on this for childhood since it is a special case and the brain is also very different. So: I also had hobbies as a child that I pursued for their own sake. The key thing is when you grow up, you are either able to pursue those hobbies, or not. You can only do the former if they provide enough value to the world in that case it may become a hard thing, latter is as a catharsis.
> If your underlying reason to pursue something is because it's difficult, then I would argue your motivations are flawed
That’s separate from hobbies. I’m saying we need hard things in general to grow. They come to us, not that we seek them like hobbies, although sometimes it may overlap. For example what was the one thing you didn’t have as a kid? Or something you yearned for, and still didn’t have as an adult? I really don’t think people who “have it all” are that enviable. It has to be a balance. When you go through a process for that, you grow. It’s the “chase” or the “journey”. Very different from leisure time. Both are important.
We are shifting that balance now, and shifting it on either side is not good. I would say we have had enough technology for a utopia for the last few decades. The problem that remains is political not technical. AI will only exacerbate that technical problem, without solving the incentive problem. See social media designed to make you stay hooked. Will the next generation want to play piano or draw stuff when they are in a forever trance of amazing content delivered by Big AI?
I will specify my stance on this for childhood since it is a special case and the brain is also very different. So: I also had hobbies as a child that I pursued for their own sake. The key thing is when you grow up, you are either able to pursue those hobbies, or not. You can only do the former if they provide enough value to the world in that case it may become a hard thing, latter is as a catharsis.
> If your underlying reason to pursue something is because it's difficult, then I would argue your motivations are flawed
That’s separate from hobbies. I’m saying we need hard things in general to grow. They come to us, not that we seek them like hobbies, although sometimes it may overlap. For example what was the one thing you didn’t have as a kid? Or something you yearned for, and still didn’t have as an adult? I really don’t think people who “have it all” are that enviable. It has to be a balance. When you go through a process for that, you grow. It’s the “chase” or the “journey”. Very different from leisure time. Both are important.
We are shifting that balance now, and shifting it on either side is not good. I would say we have had enough technology for a utopia for the last few decades. The problem that remains is political not technical. AI will only exacerbate that technical problem, without solving the incentive problem. See social media designed to make you stay hooked. Will the next generation want to play piano or draw stuff when they are in a forever trance of amazing content delivered by Big AI?