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are you afraid or excited about Artificial Intelligence?

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rckt148 · 61-69, M
I am not afraid of it in the sense Sky Net takes over the world
But as we have seen in the past ,the more jobs they can replace humans with AI
and robotics ,the fewer jobs there are for humans that do have to eat and have families to support .
SW-User
AI will create interesting jobs. They thought that about computers and now computers and related products are one of the biggest employment providers. @rckt148
sandrides · 31-35, M
@SW-User So true!
rckt148 · 61-69, M
@SW-User we bought that lie once
Then robots started building cars ,cabinets
Now machines can even harvest crops without a human
and how many people does it take to set up a program to run them ?
I heard a report yesterday that said thousands of jobs will be lost to AI within the next 10 yrs
Rich people want machines that don't need breaks ,time off ,overtime and so on
I have seen so many put out of work by machines ,Like the steal mills ,coal mining ,auto manufacturing ,,how will they produce that many replacement jobs for humans ?
sandrides · 31-35, M
@rckt148 It isn't that way. The same happened and feared as computers will take all jobs away without man power, but computers even became the reason for economy now, so you cant even imagine the life now with out a computer be it from deep mri scans to money transactions etc, our lives are made simpler. So that way AI will only help to simplify lives, jobs are not in threat coz of AI.
rckt148 · 61-69, M
@sandrides and you have lived long enough to see that stuff you talk come to pass ?

We lived to see the rise and fall of a nation ,now the world
Its not evolved or gotten better ..its gone to hell
but you would not know that ,you only know what you see now
what you read and what you were taught
We can run and use the tech and adapt just like you can
We see what it has cost us ,and what it will eventually cost you .
I have not had to work since 1995 ,so its not my job I am concerned about
My grandkids still have to live on this planet ,soon we will be gone

And we can't imagine life without tech ? is that really what you said ?
Which generation do you think got to see most of it invented ?
We lived without it most of our lives ,and we did just fine .
You are the ones that don't get what tech has cost us
The ones who hype it up are the 2% ,that have it all
and they don't care what you will loose to see they keep it

When drinking water is worth more then gold
remember a "Boomer " told you it was coming

All the tech and all I hear is how expensive it is to turn salt water into drinking water
In service we had tablets we could put into salt water and let it sit and it would turn sea water into drinking water ,,so why is there not something better then that now ?
Why are they burning off the forests that produce the air we breath so that they can plant palm trees for palm oil ?
The rich do not care about the world they are leaving you ,no more then they cared about us ,or the ones that died for the freedom so many took for granted
They just care about getting richer ,and turning YAll into robots
sandrides · 31-35, M
@rckt148 Different perspectives.
rckt148 · 61-69, M
@sandrides I agree ,but I have lived long enough to see what machines and robotics have done to us in America ,the old ways were slow ,but they didn't cost people the farms unable to pay the notes on the machines ,fuel and failed crops ,seed and feed bills ,bottling lines didn't need people ,the auto industry
The old ways were slower ,but when crops failed due to storm's and such ,they struggled through until the next crop ,but when you are in heavy debt for those machines ,one thing goes wrong it cost you everything ,and it was the fuel shortage that drove food prices up ,but when the price of fuel came back down the price of food didn't ,,well except milk ,$5.00 for a gallon of milk and the same price for gas was a bit much .so milk went down ,farming went to South America (Brazil )Auto makers went to Mexico to get around EPA regulations .
I wish we seen the promised benefit ,but we didn't
But I am a diesel mechanic and I build homes ,I always had work but I know a lot of people that didn't .laid off ,the plant went robotic .