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I don't think it's an odd concept to strive for robots to do the drudgery while freeing humans to live their lives how they wish. > In a heart beat I'd trade m

I don't think it's an odd concept to strive for robots to do the drudgery while freeing humans to live their lives how they wish. > In a heart beat I'd trade my 9-5 that pays over 6 figures to never have to work again. > Ive already noticed that I could potentially retire in the next few years. Great. You have a comfortable amount of savings and could probably continue to maintain a relatively decent quality of life without your job. Many others would love to take that 6 figure job off your back. In the end, you will be better off by being able to retire early and live a life of leisure, and the new worker will be better off because they now get to work a well-paying job that they want more than you. Housing is most definitely not the cheapest in human history, have you seen San Francisco, NYC, London, or hell any major metropolitan city? The U.S. also saddles its citizens with student loan debt and absurdly expensive healthcare.

krapp 8y ago
> I don't think it's an odd concept to strive for robots to do the drudgery while freeing humans to live their lives how they wish. It's not odd, but it is naive, given that the purpose of automation isn't to eliminate drudgery and free humans to greater personal fulfillment and freedom, it's to capture the value of labor while eliminating human employment. The need for those humans "freed" by robots to work will remain constant, but the work available and the value of their labor will only ever decrease over time. While it would be nice to strive for the idealistic scenario you describe, the truth is no one with the power to make it a reality is actually striving for it. Certainly not governments or the corporations implementing the transition from human to automated labor en masse.