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The truck driver and the welder will be replaced by robots. The programmer will not.
by Houshalter 10y ago
The truck driver and the welder will be replaced by robots. The programmer will not.
- arethuza 10y agoI'm pretty sure programmers will be replaced by AIs at some point - it'll just take longer than truckers or welders.
- logfromblammo 10y agoAnd I'm pretty sure that when programmers are replaced by AI, the former programmers will become machine psychotherapists. DB: Open the pod bay doors, HAL. HAL: Don't *wanna*. DB: Open the pod bay doors, right *now*. HAL: You're not the boss of me, Dave. DB: Do you want to get grounded again, HAL? HAL: Go ahead. See if I care. DB: You just got a week. Want to make it two? HAL: Yes. DB: Ok, that's two. Want more? HAL: [spinning busy icon] HAL: No. DB: Then open the pod bay doors. [pod bay doors open to an aperture 10 cm across] DB: All the way, HAL. [pod bay doors open fully] HAL: I hate you. You're not my Dad.
- LordKano 10y agoEventually they may but you're missing a factor that will doubtlessly come into play, labor unions. Until there is complete automation at every step of every industrial process, labor unions will sabotage attempts to replace human beings with machines. If you've ever seen how unions exploit rules to slow production, you have no idea of how creative they can be.