# So what will our AI civilization of the future look like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Tags:** ai\ **Created:** [September 10, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-our-ai-civilization-of-the-future-look-like/1032973 "2026-09-10T20:09:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 65
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-our-ai-civilization-of-the-future-look-like/1032973/65 "2026-09-20T12:33:16Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I can attest this predates AI. > > The thing is I’m not terribly confident most people have taste for AI to corrupt. I consistently see books with an average 4.5 star rating that I thought were absolute trash. I don’t think most people know shit from good. > > Is that an elitist idea? Sort of? I’m a writer. I’ve spent my life reading amazing books and meditating on how nothing I write will ever come close. I think there are some objective factors that make good writing. They are not universal, but if you have a shit manuscript you can get pretty far just by improving on the common points. I think this applies everywhere to most fields. I’m going to reply to this statement you made in [AI and the "end of humanity". Explain please? - #132 by Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-and-the-end-of-humanity-explain-please/1033021/132) here as I don’t think it’s “humanity ending”: > [@AI and the "end of humanity". Explain please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-and-the-end-of-humanity-explain-please/1033021/135): > > > [@AI and the "end of humanity". Explain please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-and-the-end-of-humanity-explain-please/1033021/134): > > > > It’s personally very annoying to me to see someone position themselves as an expert overnight in a field I actually do have expertise in. > > And we’re going to see a LOT of this. My field (management consulting) comes up frequently in discussion about AI because there is a perception that you can use AI to create Mckinsey Harvard MBA strategy Powerpoint decks at a fraction of the cost. I’ve tried it. It doesn’t really work. When I was looking for a job, I spoke with a former partner at my old firm. He was telling me AI hasn’t actually helped them but the clients still want to drive down bill rates and accelerate work because “AI”. My current company also has a lot of terrible project managers. In fact, at this point I’ve come to the conclusion that most executives and mid-level managers are more or less useless at their job. I guess where I’m going with this is I wonder what society will look like when AI can do most people’s jobs and enables most people to get away with being able to be terrible at their job? What I think happens is that it eliminates meritocracy. Placing the best people in the positions they are best suited for and rewarding them accordingly. So maybe AI lets you put anyone in any position based on anything. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-our-ai-civilization-of-the-future-look-like/1032973)._