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Its not just about finding new things to do. Huge areas of jobs are about to be obsoleted and there won't immediately be vacancies that offer pay for those lef
by binarymax 11y ago
Its not just about finding new things to do. Huge areas of jobs are about to be obsoleted and there won't immediately be vacancies that offer pay for those left out. For example: when self driving auto technology replaces delivery trucks, what will the truck drivers be doing?
- rqebmm 11y agoI agree that in the short term there are things society will have to do to help people who's skills are being obsoleted, but in the long run I'm not afraid of humanity running out of stuff to do.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoIt's exactly this short term that's the problem. Long-term we'll all be merry and living in cloud cities on Venus. If we get there. If enough people suddenly find themselves obsolete, our civilization may not survive short-term.
- criddell 11y agoWe can sell insurance to each other.
- rhino369 11y agoYou are probably overestimating the speed at which these new technologies destroy jobs. It's not like today someone invents a self driving rig, tomorrow every single truck driver is out of business. Adoption won't be so fast. It'll be a while before anyone is going to trust a load of valuable goods with an AI. There are security/theft issues, edgecase AI failure issues, loading unloading, etc. We've seen entire industries leave the USA. Probably within your lifetime. That said this can have devastating effects on economies. A lot of cities in the rust belt have felt this impact. But the opposite can happen. One of the huge reasons US companies offshore production is because of labor costs. If you reduce the man-hours / product, it makes sense to open back up domestically.