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mhhf1ve
4/9/2018 5:05:33 PM
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Re: Automation Takes Over Jobs
Yes. We are agreed. There is some level of accomplishment that one should feel good about, and being self-sufficient is a goal that society should try to hold up. That said, there is also a need for a safety net to catch people when unfortunate events happen, and a basic income might be one way to address such an issue. Essentially, social security for people who aren't yet retired...?
srufolo1
4/10/2018 9:04:34 AM
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Re: Automation Takes Over Jobs
@mhhf1ve I'm skeptical about basic income schemes. They certainly won't help raise people up from poverty. Maybe playing HQ Trivia with a chance to win lots of money twice a day is the answer to our dystopian future. I know I intend to find a smart friend today to win $300,000 at 3 p.m. today. Ha ha.
srufolo1
4/10/2018 9:06:56 AM
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Automation Means Job Cuts
Automation will definitely eliminate jobs as the article implied that was the idea all along. Where are these employees that lose jobs supposed to shift to? Maybe they can be trained to work in factories that produce robots. Wouldn't that be ironic.
mhhf1ve
4/10/2018 1:03:02 PM
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Re: Automation Takes Over Jobs
> "... playing HQ Trivia with a chance to win lots of money twice a day is the answer to our dystopian future..."
Wow. That sounds like a Max Headroom future, for sure. Is that the next 80s show to get rebooted?
mhhf1ve
4/10/2018 1:04:47 PM
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Re: Automation Means Job Cuts
> "Maybe they can be trained to work in factories that produce robots."
Nope. Why wouldn't robots make more robots? Somehow we're going to need to train a lot more robot designers or something....
srufolo1
4/10/2018 10:04:17 PM
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Re: Automation Takes Over Jobs
@mhhf1ve HQ Trivia has been compared to the movie "Hunger Games," but I don't think it's that bad. It's an app you download on your iPhone.
DHagar
4/11/2018 5:48:24 PM
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Re: Automation Means Job Cuts
@mhhf1ve, now you are talking! Just putting people against robots in routine jobs is not the answer. Moving up the foodchain to design, development, and value-added services is where we need to place the humans. That is where humans and human intelligence has the advantage.
vnewman
4/13/2018 11:09:26 AM
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Re: Automation Takes Over Jobs
You make a great point - it appears that humans are going to have to capitalize on the very things that set us apart from machines - and “creating” art is one them. Music is another. So is the ability to connect with other humans and empathize. My fear is all of humankind is going to merely become a gaggle of salespeople: Selling merchandise or their own brand.
vnewman
4/14/2018 6:39:11 PM
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Re: Automation Takes Over Jobs
Just playing devils advocate here. But what if robots doing our work enabled us the time to volunteer to help each other in the community? What if people didn’t need childcare because they could drop their kids off at the neighbor’s house? What if people built each other homes for free aside from the cost of supplies. In my eyes, this illustrates the point that if we are going to live in an automated society, competition as we know it may fall out of favor and collaboration and cooperation will become the norm to survive and thrive.
Michelle
4/14/2018 8:56:02 PM
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Re: Automation Takes Over Jobs
I think your vision has merit. We don't know what to expect with automation and this scenario could be an option. I wonder if automation will free up human time or just use it in different ways...
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