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Optimize Children for Enjoyment Given Short Timelines

Because AI timelines may be short and a child today may never need to make a living—or human labor may become obsolete mid-career—it makes sense to hedge bets but also to optimize for children actually enjoying their childhood, learning from how children are naturally good at play, creativity, and fascination in a workless condition.

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Speaker

Nicholas Bostrom

Evidence Quote

I would also like to some degree try to optimize for actually enjoying yourself while you're a child

Source

Purpose, Pleasure, and Meaning in a World Without Work (with Nicholas Bostrom)EconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:04:44 AM

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