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Well actually, we're not all still here! Those shifts - i.e. the industrial revolution - were enormously disruptive! Assuming that this is happening; or going
by crc32 9y ago
Well actually, we're not all still here!
Those shifts - i.e. the industrial revolution - were enormously disruptive!
Assuming that this is happening; or going to happen, how can we smooth it out a bit?
And of course; that is on the basis that this is not a science fiction AI special; in which case an even more thoughtful approach might be required to minimise the damage and maximise happiness; or whatever variable you prefer.
- abusoufiyan 9y agoI worry that attempts to smooth it out can actually cause worse disruption. Like, let's say we know factory workers will be laid off, so we need to allocate resources to retrain them. Very likely the resources will not be enough for all the workers. So who gets them and who doesn't will become a political battle, with the left-out group resenting everyone in society and society ignoring their needs because it reminds them that they left them behind. And then you build a society where one group's triumph is based on another's suppression, and you can see where this is going...