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This has been feared with every technological advancement for a couple of centuries now, from textile automation in the late 1700s to the 'robots' in the 80s an
by djrogers 9y ago
This has been feared with every technological advancement for a couple of centuries now, from textile automation in the late 1700s to the 'robots' in the 80s and more. The thing is, it has yet to come true - not even close.
Most of the jobs being done by the people reading this weren't even invented when they were born...
- SerpentJoe 9y agoThat's fair, but on the other hand, none of those other waves of automation have empowered machines to do knowledge work, the last refuge of human productivity. That's the barrel our generation is staring down.