The three statements “there are available farmlands”, “humans are mostly unemployed” and “humans starve” are close to incompatible when taken together. Therefore, most things an AGI could do will not ruin food supply very much.
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of electricity, and fresh water could possibly be used (as coolant) too.
Moving things from one place to another, especially without the things getting ruined in transit, is way harder than most people think. This is true for food, medicine, fuel, you name it.
Modern conventional farming relies on inputs other than land and labor, though. Disrupting petrochemical industry would mess with farming quite a bit, for instance.
The three statements “there are available farmlands”, “humans are mostly unemployed” and “humans starve” are close to incompatible when taken together. Therefore, most things an AGI could do will not ruin food supply very much.
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of electricity, and fresh water could possibly be used (as coolant) too.
Moving things from one place to another, especially without the things getting ruined in transit, is way harder than most people think. This is true for food, medicine, fuel, you name it.
Modern conventional farming relies on inputs other than land and labor, though. Disrupting petrochemical industry would mess with farming quite a bit, for instance.