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That's funny, because creating GIFs is what 9Gag does, and it requires very few humans. Actually admins create most gifs, give them 300 points, and reissue them
by tajen 10y ago
That's funny, because creating GIFs is what 9Gag does, and it requires very few humans. Actually admins create most gifs, give them 300 points, and reissue them every 3 months.
- nitrogen 10y agoNothing will require any humans at that point. But an economy can still form. Read "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom": https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_and_Out_in_the_Magic_Kingdom https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_and_Out_in_the_Magic_Ki...
- collyw 10y agoBollocks. They were talking about computers taking our jobs 30 years ago when I was in School. Everyone seems to be working more hours these days rather than less.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Everyone seems to be working more hours these days rather than less. At lower real hourly wages. Which is the effect of automation competing with human labor, it doesn't outright destroy jobs, it just reduces the market-clearing price of the forms of labor it is able to compete with.
- collyw 10y agoYou could equally argue that it was down to women entering the workforce.