What if AI makes play too predictable?

When time is commoditized, every second is measured. Every second matters. Any type of physical labor becomes tiresome and laborious.

However, with AI, AI reduces all form of physical labor, freeing the brain to explore new ideas and possibilities, while increasing human productivity.

But, what if AI makes us more risk-averse?

If a machine can be used to paint paintings, a robot can be used to play violin, a 3D printer is used to make a house, why go out and do anything at all? Artificial intelligence has increased the bar for what is ideal perfection.

Risk aversion develops when your brain has not been accustomed to failure from accomplishing different tasks, or has developed proficiency in a strong area, that they don’t feel the need to take any more risks.

Thus, this means that to prevent risk aversion, an adult has to feel like a child again — and be vulnerable.

A child does not have to worry about the amount of time or physical labor it takes to learn a new task. The concept of time is much larger than an adult. An adult has more responsibilities, commitments, and financial goals — thus, time is much more compressed.

Thinking a child again is scary — but is necessary to push the threshold, and challenge the status quo.

By allowing AI to outsource all major tasks in our lives, the threshold for what is fun, unknown, or challenging will be much higher.

We either can choose to become too accustomed to predictability, or explore what it means to challenge what is considered fun in the centuries ahead.