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>History, though, has demonstrated that technological breakthroughs lead to new employment opportunities Except history has never had to content with automatio
by drzaiusapelord 10y ago
>History, though, has demonstrated that technological breakthroughs lead to new employment opportunities
Except history has never had to content with automation and AI. Sure, back in the old days you took farmers and showed them how to make steel. Then took the steel workers and showed them how to work in a cubicle in a service economy. Now we're not that far away from the machines doing cubicle work. What's past the service economy? What's past creative and technical work?
I think its a little naive to think we'll always find work for people to do. There has to be an endgame here and this might be it. Just because certain people were wrong in the past doesn't mean the end of labor as we know it won't ever happen.
Considering we live in a political environment paranoid about "job stealing" and a POTUS who reflects those views, well, of course IBM mouthpieces are parroting those views. IBM doesn't want to become the posterboy for job loss via automation. They want you to think its the other guys.
- josho 10y ago> Except history has never had to content with automation and AI It's taken me awhile to wrap my head around this. I think I'm starting to understand the fundamental difference. In the past technology revolutionized processes. E.g. Replace horse with trains and cars. But, the human skills were never touched--they all required a driver. Whereas today, technology is reaching the point of replacing human skills. E.g. autonomous cars. So, this time as you say it is different because it is the human skills that are being revolutionized by technology.