About whether general AI will leave humans with no more problems to solve or jobs.
Has this happened?
Yes 64 (50%)Not sure 26 (20%)No 39 (30%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether general AI will leave humans with no more problems to solve or jobs.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
There is no evidence that building an AGI is actually possible, or that even if it is possible that it will be better than humans at inventing anything. Let me know when AGI researchers build something as smart as a lab mouse. Until then this is just idle speculation and totally useless as an input to setting public policies.
Of course limited AI systems (without the "G") will continue to improve and eliminate jobs that don't involve advanced reasoning or creativity.