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Automation will probably hit information workers before it hits manual labor workers. The reason is that information workers are expensive because it's harder t
by chrischen 5y ago
Automation will probably hit information workers before it hits manual labor workers. The reason is that information workers are expensive because it's harder to outsource to a poorer country, and we've got a long way to go before robots get good enough to compete against child labor (joking).
- aksss 5y agowell, maybe less about ability as about energy consumption. Perhaps we've got a long way to go before robots can do the same work as kids for the same equivalent energy cost of three bowls of rice per day.