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Other technologies created more jobs than they destroyed. The internal combustion engine destroyed more jobs for horses than they created. Further, artificial
by acover 4y ago
Other technologies created more jobs than they destroyed. The internal combustion engine destroyed more jobs for horses than they created.
Further, artificial general intelligence is a resource curse. Leaders can extract value without worrying about the people's wellbeing.
Obviously there are good outcomes but that doesn't exclude bad outcomes.
- Nadya 4y agoHorses, unlike humans, are incapable of specializing in new or complex tasks and have a very narrow set of tasks they can accomplish even with a lifetime of training. The argument holds almost no water unless you assume humans are only good for a single, maybe two, tasks and are incapable of learning or being trained on other tasks if the task they were performing was made redundant. We didn't cull switchboard operators and calculators when we automated their jobs through technology. They found new jobs. > Leaders can extract value without worrying about the people's wellbeing. Historically this has had limits. After those limits have been reached - leaders quickly find themselves 6' under ground if people even gave them that courtesy. There are parts of the world where this has already happened - this century, maybe even this decade. Consider yourself quite privileged if you live in a part of the world where the mere thought of this seems outlandishly absurd and unrealistic.