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So if you had their attention what would you tell them? If there is a solution to this problem that lets us all retire without the economy collapsing, I'd be cu
by EwanG 15y ago
So if you had their attention what would you tell them? If there is a solution to this problem that lets us all retire without the economy collapsing, I'd be curious to hear it. As it is we can put off that day for some time, but eventually you will get to the point where the "thinking machines" have all the knowledge of how to run our companies. Then the only jobs left will be those that can't be learned. I don't see all of us becoming artists, and even if we did, how would we con the machines into paying us for it?
- yummyfajitas 15y agoIf there is a solution to this problem that lets us all retire without the economy collapsing, I'd be curious to hear it. There is - replacing human labor with robotic labor.
- dctoedt 15y agoAnd then what will occupy the time of energetic, testosterone-driven young men (mostly) with a wired-in urge to prove their manhood, to better themselves, to leave their mark on the world? We already know part of the answer: Street gangs. Drug cartels. Maritime piracy. Violent jihad.
- yummyfajitas 15y agoYeah, that's why our current recession, chock full of unemployed men, has caused a crime wave. http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/01/07/us-usa-crime-idUSTRE60613K20100107 http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/01/07/us-usa-crime-idUST...
- dctoedt 15y agoThe U.S. has a social safety net that buffers these tendencies. It's not hard to find countries that don't.
- meric 15y agoInteresting story: http://www.marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm http://www.marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm
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