Submitted by IntroVertu t3_11yfwx6 in singularity
Smellz_Of_Elderberry t1_jd89l9f wrote
Reply to comment by Surur in AI democratization => urban or rural exodus ? by IntroVertu
Eh.. not entirely true. People will still want to live somewhat in the city. Lots of people would hate living where I do "in a corn field" where you have to drive for 40 minutes to go to the closest resteraunt.
Also, MAYBE farmland is replaced by precision fermentation.. But you forget the point of agi is to allow people to do what they want.. Farmers will still exist because there will always be a demand by the masses for food grown by real people.
Cities need to spread out a bit, so people aren't stacked on top of one another.. But I think most city folks want to be close to their favorite restsraunt, and to not have to worry about their dog getting eaten by a rogue black bear or mountain lion.
Certain things won't change in the countryside, because people won't allow them to be changed. I'm not gonna be okay with you using agi to kill all mountain lions in the area, they are an important part of the environment, event if they are sometimes terrifying.
Surur t1_jd8csqp wrote
There will not be the need for masses of rolling hills of grains for example. If people want to hobby farm I am sure they could, but the whole world will become manicured by drones.
Smellz_Of_Elderberry t1_jd8eemw wrote
Might want to look out for environmentalalist extremists pushing for all rural towns to be "returned to nature" and everyone to be forced into new cities.
Read a book where that happened, and it stuck with me.
Surur t1_jd8eqvn wrote
That is what many environmentalists want to do right now.
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