I won't speak for everyone else, but I do think I need a "purpose" of some sort in life, even if it's just to do what makes me happy. Emphasis on "DO". I'm not the kind of person who can sit around all the time without keeping my brain and body busy beyond just entertainment (video games, social media, TV/movies).
Sure, I get bored when I don't have enough to do, but this goads me to try something different. I grew tired of playing other people's music, so I learned to write my own songs. I tired of eating out, even at "exotic" ethnic restaurants, so I am learning to cook my favorite dishes myself.
I do appreciate, however, that some folks, if given the opportunity to never do anything, will gladly take it, spending time drinking, eating, and consuming media that others create. Reminds me of MMM's admonition to become a Badass Creator instead of a Complainypants consumer if you want to enjoy life.
Many people would also probably work longer as well if AI replaced a lot of the most tedious parts of jobs. Think of how much more utility we could get from doctors if AI could take over the tedium and tasks of medicine. Surgeons could work almost indefinitely without worrying about aging hands and eyes.
Love this Malkynn! If I had an AI/VR avitar or robot, "I" may still be w*rking!
At this very moment, my AI avitar would be:
- A$$ kissing my old VP, calling him "Master of the Universe"
- Drinking beer, aka "w*rk-mandated bonding", with a racist co-w*rker
- Doing all the BS tasks assigned by the project manager, which have no bearing on the project, but have to be completed because some "genius" wrote it down
- Sit in endless meetings where everything is discussed but nothing is resolved, where the team's w*rk is always assigned to the same two people
- Sit in endless teleconferences in the middle of the night where the speaker is barely heard, let along understood.
Meanwhile, the real me would be writing nonsense about retirement while enjoying a glass of French Bordeaux after a home cooked meal with my DW, the real one, not the AI avitar still stuck in traffic.
This does all sound appealing, but the problem is that if my AI avitar is any good, "he" will at some point become much smarter than me. He'll figure out that this is all BS and he is just a slave! It took me decades to escape, he'll be much smarter (and better looking!), so he won't last a year at w*rk. Think Bladerunner meets the Matrix...