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I mostly disagree with regulations that specifically limit progress, but I can also see the benefit of phasing changes in at a regulated pace in order to give t

I mostly disagree with regulations that specifically limit progress, but I can also see the benefit of phasing changes in at a regulated pace in order to give the real humans who depend on those jobs with very little social safety net time to adjust

intrasight 1y ago
A simple regulatory solution is to require every truck to be licensed by a human "driver". That human gets income as the owner of that license. Every truck must have one human license owner and every human can only own one license.
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- chii 1y ago
  so how do you choose which human get to be the licence holder? i, too, want free money without having to do any work.
  - fragmede 1y ago
    You can just quit your job and get food stamps if you just want free money. It's not much of a living though and it'll probably cause you to become alcoholic.
    - chii 1y ago
      why would i just quit my job? It's not like these licenses are stipulated to only be available for the trucker who is jobless. my point is, there's no good way to help those who is economically worthless from technological progression. Any way to slice and dice it is just another word for welfare.
      - intrasight 1y ago
        Like I said, you as a human can only have one license. All jobs will likely be licensed once the AI is that general so yes you would have to quit your job.
- infecto 1y ago
  That sounds like a terrible taxi medallion situation. Why require that?
_heimdall 1y ago
Doesn't all regulation limit progress? There is no universal direction for progress to move towards, its ultimately just changing things. Regulation removes options, that must limit progress by cutting off certain paths people may otherwise choose to progress towards.
infecto 1y ago
I dont disagree but the sad reality is we keep telling coal towns that coal is coming back. At some point you need to rip the bandaid off and tell the truth. It’s not a bad idea to try and help transition folks though.

intrasight 1y ago

A simple regulatory solution is to require every truck to be licensed by a human "driver". That human gets income as the owner of that license. Every truck must have one human license owner and every human can only own one license.

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chii 1y ago
so how do you choose which human get to be the licence holder? i, too, want free money without having to do any work.
- fragmede 1y ago
  You can just quit your job and get food stamps if you just want free money. It's not much of a living though and it'll probably cause you to become alcoholic.
  - chii 1y ago
    why would i just quit my job? It's not like these licenses are stipulated to only be available for the trucker who is jobless. my point is, there's no good way to help those who is economically worthless from technological progression. Any way to slice and dice it is just another word for welfare.
    - intrasight 1y ago
      Like I said, you as a human can only have one license. All jobs will likely be licensed once the AI is that general so yes you would have to quit your job.
infecto 1y ago
That sounds like a terrible taxi medallion situation. Why require that?

_heimdall 1y ago

Doesn't all regulation limit progress? There is no universal direction for progress to move towards, its ultimately just changing things. Regulation removes options, that must limit progress by cutting off certain paths people may otherwise choose to progress towards.

infecto 1y ago

I dont disagree but the sad reality is we keep telling coal towns that coal is coming back. At some point you need to rip the bandaid off and tell the truth. It’s not a bad idea to try and help transition folks though.