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> but automation is not one of those. That's an easy one to prevent. We can just decide not to. I agree with you in sentiment, however that last sentence conta
by OrderlyTiamat 7y ago
> but automation is not one of those. That's an easy one to prevent. We can just decide not to.
I agree with you in sentiment, however that last sentence contains a deceptive concept in it- who is the collective "we" that would have to do the deciding, and do they have a history of taking such choices?
- Svip 7y agoOf course I was trying to keep the comment brief, but "we" in this case is humanity. And the "choice" in this scenario is not automating every job, as the article suggests. If we automate 99% of jobs, it would still not meet the proposed conclusion of the article. In a more realistic sense of 'choosing' not to automate, it will largely come from disagreements over the subject itself. It will not be that all humans get together and decide it, but rather that a significant portion of humans won't have any part in it. But from a pure historical viewpoint, inevitability is a fallacy.