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The problem is not unemployment, it is raising the bar for valuable labor. Arguably the standard of living has already declined for the average human individual
by incrudible 3y ago
The problem is not unemployment, it is raising the bar for valuable labor. Arguably the standard of living has already declined for the average human individual. A factory job used to afford a single worker with modest education a house and a family. That said, generative AI will have far less impact here than, say, a robot arm.
- RecycledEle 3y agoThe bar for viable labor is rising. It is also easier that ever to educate yourself. These two facts balance.
- incrudible 3y agoIf you believe that anyone can learn anything, that might sound plausible to you. The evidence does not point in this direction, however.
- HWR_14 3y agoThat seems like a different (and real, but modern) problem compared to "we never would have left subsistence farming without a massive unemployment period (painful job loss) brought about by new technology" the the OP suggested.