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people here seem to forget that all this automation is being done to serve us better, the people (i guess you could argue it's really being done to better serve
by sillysaurus3 9y ago
people here seem to forget that all this automation is being done to serve us better, the people (i guess you could argue it's really being done to better serve shareholders, but that's another discussion).
Well, it's being done to increase profit. That's a bit different.
- Jabanga 9y agoEven if we eliminated money, we would be automating work to benefit us. That's the root motivation.
- rexpop 9y agoRight. As we accelerate, the divergence from shareholders' desires and consumers' increases.
- anotherbrownguy 9y agoHow is that a bad thing? Why would you not want to increase profit?
- xg15 9y agoFor starters, it takes the priority away from "serving us better" as the GP's claim was.
- anotherbrownguy 9y agoServing customers better is a means to an end (i.e. maximizing profits), not an end it itself.
- xg15 9y agoIndeed. Which was, I think, sillysaurus3's point: That the development is not actually about serving people better but more about profit. With serving people better being a means to an end at most. As for why profit on it's own is bad: Because - as established - it's only about improving the lifes of the people receiving the profits - but readily externalizes the cost to everyone else.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoExactly. And not the only possible mean to achieve that end. For example, we've discovered that marketing has a much better ROI than actually building quality things people want.