Author Topic: Automation Culture  (Read 10046 times)

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Offline cybercoma

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Re: Automation Culture
« on: June 28, 2017, 11:44:54 am »
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2017/06/25/getting-capitalism-wrong-ai-will-reduce-economic-inequality-not-increase-it/#6db588c3675b

There are a few problems with this piece, but since it criticizes another piece and also since it has some good points, then it's a good jumping-on point for discussion IMO.

Are you ready for automation ?

What do you think is going to happen with millions of jobs removed from the economy ?  So far, in recent history, we have seen massive social policies but also most recently a protectionist backlash. 

How are you getting ready, both materially and socially ?
There's a problem with your post.

You're talking about automation. Automation happened in the 80s with industrial robots replacing jobs. What the problem is now is not automation, but artificial intelligent. That's not automating processes. That's replacing thought with programming. The number of jobs that will be lost to artificial intelligence will make automation look like a tiny dip in employment by comparison.