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There has been unemployment for specific fields, and also instances of unions negotiating for sinecures --- typesetters at newspapers being a notable example of
by WillAdams 4y ago
There has been unemployment for specific fields, and also instances of unions negotiating for sinecures --- typesetters at newspapers being a notable example of both.
Back in the 70s there was discussion of specifically taxing computer components so as to provide funds for handling the reduction in work hours/positions which such would facilitate --- perhaps we need to do something along these lines for AI?
At some point, automation and efficiency should reduce the number of hours of labor which the world as a whole needs to be done --- what is to be done for the folks who are rendered unemployable? At a job call at my previous employer (a large, privately-owned printer) we hired 100 entry-level folks --- six months later, only 1 of them was still employed at the company, the balance either having moved on to other jobs, or having been terminated for performance and attendance issues, mostly the latter. Pay and benefits are quite competitive.
- chrisAU-ca 4y agoAh, this is one of the foundational arguments I’m interested in. It focuses on the macro economic view of innovation. Now, who is concerned with realizing that distribution of wealth, how do you quantify it?
- WillAdams 4y agoGood question. I wish that governments all across the world were looking past the next election to think about such topics over the long haul.
- chrisAU-ca 4y agoMy pessimism has gone far beyond trusting the government. Also, ethically, do the disrupters not have a responsibility to understand, quantify and inform the disrupted, if not help them directly? This is a subjective question I think, each person will have their own preference here.