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I don't think this argument holds up because robots are rising as humans are falling. The net workers available - muscle or machine, mind or computer - will rem
by mwattsun 5y ago
I don't think this argument holds up because robots are rising as humans are falling. The net workers available - muscle or machine, mind or computer - will remain the same or increase. A shrinking number of humans will just have to get educated and work smarter.
- version_five 5y ago"If Robots Steal So Many Jobs, Why Aren't They Saving Us Now?" https://www.wired.com/story/robot-jobs-coronavirus https://www.wired.com/story/robot-jobs-coronavirus Sorry for how spammy wired is, but you get my point, robots are not a silver bullet
- chrispeel 5y agoSome "robots", like tractors, cars, elevators, etc... have indeed replaced many jobs. I don't buy the idea that we need increasing population to have positive economic growth. I don't think that technology ("robots") are a magic bullet, but they can be part of a future in which we have a stable-size (or even decreasing!) population