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One of the phrases I've started using is, in the future you don't have to talk to anyone. You see this already with the self-checkouts at stores. You walk in,
by AJ007 15y ago
One of the phrases I've started using is, in the future you don't have to talk to anyone.
You see this already with the self-checkouts at stores. You walk in, grab what you want, check out and leave without talking to anyone. This is just the start of a torrent of low level automation. At some point there is not a lot left to do.
- kb101 15y agoWhat amazes me is that we are seeing this happen around us so rapidly; near-total automation is on the visible horizon. "At some point there is not a lot left to do" reminds me of the story "With Folded Hands" by Jack Williamson. http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-9780312852535-0 http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-9780312852535-0