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No one owes anyone a job. Systems like that have been tried and they don’t work. This is going to be a bumpy transition but at the other end the jobs that surv
by cadamsdotcom 1y ago
No one owes anyone a job. Systems like that have been tried and they don’t work.
This is going to be a bumpy transition but at the other end the jobs that survive will be creative and fulfilling - for example, people automating work, every day, so (barring corner cases) no one has to do that task again.
Putting AI in and letting it do a bad job is a great way for AI to be in there eventually doing a good job. Humans may not be needed to do the work but they will be needed to tend to the systems and automations driving the AI - and/or to the agents driving the AI. They’ll be needed to improve what the AI is doing, handle corner cases, and add new use cases. And they’ll fill in the gaps - until those can be automated too.
Once everyone’s doing that, it’ll be an automation race. The more humans a company has the more capability it will have to automate more work. Then we’ll be back to full steam hiring, but the skill sets will be very different. At places like Duolingo, job titles like “AI automation specialist” will replace “translator”.
It’s going to be okay, we will get through this!
- glimshe 1y agoWhile I mostly agree with you, I also believe there is no guarantee that a human will always be needed to tend the AI. Your argument assumes an arbitrary capability level for the AI, one that is comfortable for the human. It's quite possible also that humans won't be needed at all for many, if not most, tasks.
- Grimblewald 1y agoPerhaps, but if we wont let people kill themsleves, we do at least owe them a livable income.
- cadamsdotcom 1y agoPerhaps - but this “we” you speak of has to be better defined before others can agree or disagree with you.
- Grimblewald 1y agowe being a democratic majority, or whatever group structure holds power, that hopefully "we" are a part of. If we're not a part of any power structure, then why are "we" even talking about it?
- azaras 1y ago"No one owes anyone a job" A job no, but an income. The humanity does not need to be more productive, we have enough of all, products and services. What we need is reduce the working time and dedicate the time to flourish, read, write, music, sports, maths, philosophy... Less consuming and more creating.