I think this is the bigger problem. There are a lot of Bullshit jobs.. plenty of jobs where the tasks performed are menial for the sake of that's just how we do it. Do we need to actively engage an employee that's copying and pasting one excel sheet to another? What modern AI is going to do is pull back that veil and say, no you really shouldn't be doing it this way. That's going to be hard and hurt, but it's necessary to force reallocation of human capital and hopefully improve conditions for everyone.
>but it's necessary to force reallocation of human capital and hopefully improve conditions for everyone.
You say this in a manner like you're ripping off a bandaid. Meanwhile we have no idea if this is tourniquet that if moved incorrectly will cause us to bleed to death.
At the start of the 20th century there was massive technological change, and this growth of technology lead to two world wars. The big issue is humanity may not be able to survive any further wars along those lines. By the end of the war we created civilization ending weapons. Our capability for destruction has only grown since then. Attempting to move to a new economic paradigm without having war starting authoritarian fascist leaders destroy the world is, I feel, going to be a very difficult task to achieve.
Unless a huge social change also follows this up, you will just create a huge hungry crowd that will overthrow the current regime that way.
The harsh truth is, with more automation many people simply won’t be able to productively contribute to the economy. Yet we all deserve to live a comfortable life (hopefully that’s not controversial).
ganoushoreilly|2 years ago
pixl97|2 years ago
You say this in a manner like you're ripping off a bandaid. Meanwhile we have no idea if this is tourniquet that if moved incorrectly will cause us to bleed to death.
At the start of the 20th century there was massive technological change, and this growth of technology lead to two world wars. The big issue is humanity may not be able to survive any further wars along those lines. By the end of the war we created civilization ending weapons. Our capability for destruction has only grown since then. Attempting to move to a new economic paradigm without having war starting authoritarian fascist leaders destroy the world is, I feel, going to be a very difficult task to achieve.
kaba0|2 years ago
The harsh truth is, with more automation many people simply won’t be able to productively contribute to the economy. Yet we all deserve to live a comfortable life (hopefully that’s not controversial).