A nation of workers

"I don't want a nation of thinkers. I want a nation of workers."

—John D. Rockefeller, 1903

In 1903, John D. Rockefeller said during an event of the founding of the General Education Board

"I don't want a nation of thinkers. I want a nation of workers."

Almost 120 years later, it is clear that his wish was honored and became true. For 120 years, too many of us became workers that produced the most amazing products and services. But these workers also created something extraordinary: artificial intelligence. With GPT-3 developed by the OpenAI organization, a machine has been created that can almost think like a human, and in many cases even better and faster.

Today, machines basically consist of two components, one physical and one mental. The mental part is growing exponentially, some even expert an information processing explosion in the coming years. The other part is the physical part, which we call robots.

It is predicted that both, the mental and physical components will merge into a never-seen being that can think and work faster than any human ever will.

After that point, humans will not be needed anymore for performing work nor for thinking. One would wonder what will humans be needed for at all?

My book "The Wealth of Generations" tries to describe a world in which humans can fulfill a purpose without working for a living.

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