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clrmoney
4/5/2018 10:44:38 AM
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Automation Takes Over Jobs
I absolutely believed that automation is helpful but it can also be a problem because they will be taking all the jobs that people need to provide a lifestyle or feed their families but I like automation and I think it makes things easier with technology with companies that use it for products and services.
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Some "Food 4 thought" to spruce up the deliberations:
Rehiring humans. While manufacturers continue to use robots to automate processes and boost efficiencies, companies such as Toyota are placing human workers at the forefront of their automation efforts.
mhhf1ve
4/6/2018 5:58:09 PM
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The other example given for "automation doesn't necessarily mean fewer jobs" is the manual telephone switching operator job (a person who used to physically connect phone calls) to the current giant telecom companies today. So specific jobs were lost, but the total number of employees increased as companies were able to grow their overall business.
Now.. this coming new kind of automation might not be the same -- if AI can do things better than humans BUT companies don't actually grow their businesses as a result.
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The key takeaway, as I see it, is this: We're not ready--and to me it is tragic. We need to be able to create the future. I wonder if this is understood!!
mhhf1ve
4/6/2018 8:26:07 PM
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There is always a fear of the unknown. And with hyper-automation, there are plenty of uncertainties for the future. If AI gets super-human intellegence, perhaps we'll all be obsolete? :P
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Elon Musk has underscored this as such as we should be aware of this profound challenge before us.
Onward to the weekend.
mhhf1ve
4/6/2018 10:09:14 PM
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Elon Musk is a true visionary-- but let's hope his pessimistic view of AI doesn't come true. Perhaps we'll thank him for supporting the efforts to create "good AI" to counter the possible neutral to malicious AI that could threaten our very existence.
mpouraryan
4/6/2018 10:11:26 PM
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Remember we have to do more than hope--the essence of transformation is about facing the worst and working to overcome it--with the same set of vision and commitment to leave things better than we found it.
Ariella
4/8/2018 6:48:37 PM
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@mhhf1ve I don't quite buy the nightmare scenarios he envisioned for AI (something I wrote about here). But I do buy the fact that likely more jobs will disappear than will be created in terms of total numbe of openings for people, particularly those who are not specifically and highly skilled.
vnewman
4/8/2018 9:54:59 PM
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It appears that we - as humans - need to focus on skills that make us human to be gainfully employable. Anything a machine, robot, or a computer can do - they will do.
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