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"The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touc

"The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment." - Warren Bennis

devoply 9y ago
I wonder what sort of qualifications you need for that sort of job. I would like to be prepared for that sort of future.
- BigChiefSmokem 9y ago
  A Doctorate in Dog Food Science with a minor in kennel cleaning.
  - TetOn 9y ago
    And minimum seven years experience with existing factory dog.
    - devoply 9y ago
      No I would think the minimum requirement would be 20 years of experience with the same factory dog with the sort of requirements that go on these days with businesses -- it's only going to get worse.
      - ohazi 9y ago
        You guys are all wrong. The only requirement for this job is that you have to be a Good Boy.
    - flukus 9y ago
      Oh you've only got experience with Labradors? This is a rottweiler company.
- Mz 9y ago
  My sons and I were talking the other day about how George Jetson of The Jetsons had some job akin to this and was constantly being yelled at by his psycho boss for falling asleep at his desk. He also apparently had no life. He walked his dog on a treadmill. He seemed to have no hobbies, no friends, etc.
  - simonsarris 9y ago
    And yet, unlike many of my friends, still kept cash in his wallet (its in the intro).
    - Mz 9y ago
      Oh, man, that is so old school. Cash? WTF?
      - eltoozero 9y ago
        I assume you were downvoted for leaving out /s, thus your comment was not "obviously" sarcastic. This lead several presumably cash-loving individuals to take offense at your remark. And to demonstrate protest at the insinuation of the obsolescence of fiat currency, they clicked the little minus. I found your comment entertaining and it ranks 1/1 stars from my karma bucket.
        Mz 9y ago
        I figure they just think I am too stupid to know the show was made well before debit cards were a thing. Ha! Fooled you! I'm not even a real blonde.
  - Gibbon1 9y ago
    I remember an old throw away scifi book. Almost everything was automated except for bars[1]. Having an actually job required an inane mount of schooling, testing and credentials. But gave you a life where you got to live and associate with people with somewhat meaningful lives. [1] Automated bars existed, but to the authorities dismay, few people would patronize them.
- ben_w 9y ago
  20 years experience as a dog — only furries will be able to find work.
  - Aloha 9y ago
    a bright future for some of us ^^
    - hghhhggv 9y ago
      https://reddit.com https://reddit.com Thanks.
someSven 9y ago
Funny. But watchdog or security robots already exist.
kbenson 9y ago
The Matrix wasn't about a Humanity enslaved by an AI race and fighting for their freedom, it was about a Humanity being kept from complete obsolescence, depression and death by our loving evolutionary descendants in the only way they found that worked, and our accidentally fucking it up royally. Man, the stories we tell ourselves to justify our mistakes.
- arthurcolle 9y ago
  From where did you derive this explanation? Truly capitavating. Very different perspective than what I've thought of, and I've spent a fair amount of time thinking about this exact thing
  - kbenson 9y ago
    On the spot to express the point. The Matrix is just an easy go-to when referring to possible negative outcomes of the future with AI, and the point I'm trying to express is that as scary as it feels that people, not just jobs, may actually be automated out of existence, that doesn't necessarily have to be as bad as it may sound. I read a lot of science fiction of random quality and length[1], and there's enough of a scattershot of ideas that an expansive humanity and humans dying off are not entirely uncommon ideas, so I've had reason to think about it fairly often. While I understand a lot of people might be upset at the idea humanity dying off, being a father myself and the understanding that while I can't stick around to experience everything myself, part of what I am (in the *intellectual sense more importantly than the biological one) continues on in part through my children (one of which is not biological, but just as much a continuation in the same sense). That we might engineer our own obsolescence is scary, but so is the knowledge that we all die. Similar to in our individual lives, I find some comfort that in my old age I might be taken care of by my legacy. Also, using humans for batteries is stupid. There's plenty of better reasons possible and that have been put forth for that plot point. That's just low hanging fruit for nerds. ;) 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/ https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/ - If you don't know what this is and you like science fiction, you're in for a treat. Check the sidebar for quality classics.
    - 9y ago

"The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment." - Warren Bennis

devoply 9y ago

I wonder what sort of qualifications you need for that sort of job. I would like to be prepared for that sort of future.

BigChiefSmokem 9y ago
A Doctorate in Dog Food Science with a minor in kennel cleaning.
- TetOn 9y ago
  And minimum seven years experience with existing factory dog.
  - devoply 9y ago
    No I would think the minimum requirement would be 20 years of experience with the same factory dog with the sort of requirements that go on these days with businesses -- it's only going to get worse.
    - ohazi 9y ago
      You guys are all wrong. The only requirement for this job is that you have to be a Good Boy.
  - flukus 9y ago
    Oh you've only got experience with Labradors? This is a rottweiler company.
Mz 9y ago
My sons and I were talking the other day about how George Jetson of The Jetsons had some job akin to this and was constantly being yelled at by his psycho boss for falling asleep at his desk. He also apparently had no life. He walked his dog on a treadmill. He seemed to have no hobbies, no friends, etc.
- simonsarris 9y ago
  And yet, unlike many of my friends, still kept cash in his wallet (its in the intro).
  - Mz 9y ago
    Oh, man, that is so old school. Cash? WTF?
    - eltoozero 9y ago
      I assume you were downvoted for leaving out /s, thus your comment was not "obviously" sarcastic. This lead several presumably cash-loving individuals to take offense at your remark. And to demonstrate protest at the insinuation of the obsolescence of fiat currency, they clicked the little minus. I found your comment entertaining and it ranks 1/1 stars from my karma bucket.
      - Mz 9y ago
        I figure they just think I am too stupid to know the show was made well before debit cards were a thing. Ha! Fooled you! I'm not even a real blonde.
- Gibbon1 9y ago
  I remember an old throw away scifi book. Almost everything was automated except for bars[1]. Having an actually job required an inane mount of schooling, testing and credentials. But gave you a life where you got to live and associate with people with somewhat meaningful lives. [1] Automated bars existed, but to the authorities dismay, few people would patronize them.
ben_w 9y ago
20 years experience as a dog — only furries will be able to find work.
- Aloha 9y ago
  a bright future for some of us ^^
  - hghhhggv 9y ago
    https://reddit.com https://reddit.com Thanks.

someSven 9y ago

Funny. But watchdog or security robots already exist.

kbenson 9y ago

The Matrix wasn't about a Humanity enslaved by an AI race and fighting for their freedom, it was about a Humanity being kept from complete obsolescence, depression and death by our loving evolutionary descendants in the only way they found that worked, and our accidentally fucking it up royally. Man, the stories we tell ourselves to justify our mistakes.

arthurcolle 9y ago
From where did you derive this explanation? Truly capitavating. Very different perspective than what I've thought of, and I've spent a fair amount of time thinking about this exact thing
- kbenson 9y ago
  On the spot to express the point. The Matrix is just an easy go-to when referring to possible negative outcomes of the future with AI, and the point I'm trying to express is that as scary as it feels that people, not just jobs, may actually be automated out of existence, that doesn't necessarily have to be as bad as it may sound. I read a lot of science fiction of random quality and length[1], and there's enough of a scattershot of ideas that an expansive humanity and humans dying off are not entirely uncommon ideas, so I've had reason to think about it fairly often. While I understand a lot of people might be upset at the idea humanity dying off, being a father myself and the understanding that while I can't stick around to experience everything myself, part of what I am (in the *intellectual sense more importantly than the biological one) continues on in part through my children (one of which is not biological, but just as much a continuation in the same sense). That we might engineer our own obsolescence is scary, but so is the knowledge that we all die. Similar to in our individual lives, I find some comfort that in my old age I might be taken care of by my legacy. Also, using humans for batteries is stupid. There's plenty of better reasons possible and that have been put forth for that plot point. That's just low hanging fruit for nerds. ;) 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/ https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/ - If you don't know what this is and you like science fiction, you're in for a treat. Check the sidebar for quality classics.
  - 9y ago