What are your thoughts about robots doing certain jobs rather than humans? I didn't fully read...

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

The last paragraph sums it up.

Because even the most ardent robot lovers will agree, there are plenty of cases of badly deployed automation; systems that make our lives worse and more inefficient, and that kill jobs en route to worse outcomes. (I call this shitty automation, and from where I’m sitting, it’s abundant.) And such automated regression is often implemented under the logic of ‘robots are coming,’ so better hop aboard. We will be able to make better decisions about embracing effective automation if we understand that, in practice, ‘the robots are coming for our jobs’ usually means something more like ‘a CEO wants to cut his operating budget by 15 percent and was just pitched on enterprise software that promises to do the work currently done by thirty employees in accounts payable.’

It's the CEO's that make the decision. Yet the very obsession with all the articles about "the robots are coming, the robots are coming" just might make the whole situation worse than it really is.

There is some sense to this. The more we repeat it, the more likely it is to happen.

SW-User

I read some of it, but i don't see how it could work economically speaking. If every worker lost their jobs to robots then there would be nobody with money to buy their products so the companies run by robots would go broke or else have to pay huge taxes to support welfare so the unemployed workers could afford their products.

Cierzo · M

Robots will destroy some jobs and create others. I am less negative about this process than I was in the past, since I think it will be mostly repetitive and dangerous works robots will take over.

Moreover, I think the need to be creative not to be surpassed by AI may help our minds to overcome the stagnation in intelligence they are going through.

SW-User

The same effect other new technologies had in the workforce will happen again. Some jobs died, others were created.

When we got vehicles, new jobs were invented and truck driving became popular.
When we got the internet, new jobs were invented and we got all sort of web designers, server managers and so on.
When we got smartphones, the app industry boomed.
Etc...

Some jobs will be done by robots, resourceful people will adapt, new jobs will be invented.

We are still very far from a reality where humans are obsolete, in terms of jobs.

DudeistPriest · M

What they're talking about is the distinction between robots and managers taking over jobs. It won't be robots themselves, it's "Business-to-business salesmen...managers ...CEOs...they’re the ones coming for your job." It's all about the almighty dollar.

From what I've seen in the business world as a computer specialist for the past several years, my thoughts are that eventually yes - many jobs that can be replaced by robots and artificial intelligence will be replaced. I hope the fact that I repair said computers and have operated robotic equipment in the past I will still have gainful employment.

https://gizmodo.com/robots-are-not-coming-for-your-job-management-is-1835127820?utm_source=pocket-newtab

AlasPoorYorick · 56-60, M

Sarah Connor won’t let that happen

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

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Doomflower · 41-45, M

Eventually AI will take over most jobs and humans will sit in floaty chairs drinking big gulps watching screens. Basically Wall-E is our future.

SW-User

It's good as long as you're not the one losing job because robot can do the same job

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Wishingwellguy · 46-50, M

As mankind becomes more lazy the robot will endeavour to fill the gap in the increasing need for faster and more efficient productivity , but science, medical innovation will slow dramatically in the next 10 year , it has too

UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M

Post-capitalism ahoy.

MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M

I believe that it's bad for a lot of stupid people and a lot of smart but uneducated people.

However it's undeniably the next step for us humans, allowing us to spend more time learning things that will benefit us more and hopefully give us more time on our hands.

The danger is in people treating the change of education and jobs as if it's the new factory-worker lvl
of work after a while. That way we won't get more time on our hands doing more precious things, but we'll fill our time with even more unimportant work in order to scrape together a livelyhood.

We need to remember that robots are not to capitalize on, but supposed to make food and products cheaper.