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Of course it's not comparable in the sense that driving a car is different from operating an elevator, that's not a point the article aims to address. The point
by IkmoIkmo 11y ago
Of course it's not comparable in the sense that driving a car is different from operating an elevator, that's not a point the article aims to address. The point is that at one point we thought we needed to manually operate something out of safety or convenience concerns, that we could actually automate more safely and conveniently. Similarly, the point is, that most people had similar notions a few years ago about cars, and we're now seeing they're similarly untrue.
- dogma1138 11y agoYou can avoid elevators you can't avoid cars.
- kazinator 11y agoConvenience is the main point of automation; the only thing convenient about manual operation is that it provides a convenient job for someone, who finds it inconvenient to be replaced. I don't think there was ever any genuine concern about automation bringing inconvenience (other than maybe some ineffective forms of automation: "strawman automation"). "I mostly like the idea of a machine that lets you just throw in your dirty clothes and punch some buttons, but won't that do away with the sheer convenience of washing clothes by hand?" Doesn't compute.