The glass is a whole lot less than half empty. The pessimistic attitude is a rational response to our environment.
The only way change this situation so that it comes out positive is to enjoy being a slave, but hey thats a you choice.
>Typically every solved problem opens more doors than it shuts.
>We're pretty far from knowing it all.
Open doors to whom? AI or mankind? We have never been farther from knowing it all. The information knowable by people will become a sliver of the total relevant information in the world.
>It's like someone saying the field of Math died when we got calculators and computers and spreadsheets to make it easier to do calculations.
In that instance, the busywork was automated and challenging work remained. What we are talking about here is the reverse. It's the automation of all of the cerebral thinking.
Imagine that all of the cerebral and beautiful aspects of math were automated first, but for some reason humans were required to specialize into number crunching instead. Now open your eyes.
>Not any different than some Amish person being annoyed that s/he can't contribute to the field of Math because it's too hard to do all the calculations by hand on paper...
The thing about amish people is that they own their own land and grow their own food and are independent within a governmental system that respects their property rights. The rest of us renters and feeders operate within industrial society-work or die.
The disposition amish people have towards technology has been ahead of the curve.
>You can spend your whole life crying that one day we'll all die, or you can enjoy the time you have.
I would also encourage my peers to enjoy what little time they have left. What we are witnessing is the end of history, and I am honored to experience it. However I get the impression your nature is to go out with a wimper.