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> But smaller layoffs and career changes are just the cost of technical progress. You assume that there are jobs to be had, that retraining is feasible, and th
by rw 18y ago
> But smaller layoffs and career changes are just the cost of technical progress.
You assume that there are jobs to be had, that retraining is feasible, and that technological progress does not obsolete people as workers. Capitalism will not survive the intelligence singularity.
- ovi256 18y agoI know these are a lot of assumptions, but they held up until now. Actually, the most important assumption is that technological progress does not obsolete people as workers. As manual workers, the time will surely come. As white collar, intellectual, or knowledge workers, I dare say never. There are simply too many difficulties.
- rw 18y agoNever say never.
- robotron 18y agoWhite collar workers can be programmed out of a job.
- gravitycop 18y agoAs white collar, intellectual, or knowledge workers, I dare say never [will they be obsoleted by technological progress]. There are simply too many difficulties. Development of AI will simply stop before it reaches knowledge-worker-class strength? Why would it stop? What do you think about Theodore Kaczynski's take on this?: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=435437 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=435437