Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation
by 1982734234 on Thursday December 22, 2016 @08:07AM
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What are the things that need to be invented when robots do everything for you?
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Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation
by randcraw on Thursday December 22, 2016 @09:56AM
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Cures for disease. Entertainment. Friendship.
Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation
by croon on Thursday December 22, 2016 @10:46AM
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Cures for diseases I expect AI to do much better than us very soon.
Entertainment will take longer, but I see no reason why it wouldn't be possible to algorithmically create. The lesser ones like Big Bang Theory is basically just a nerd reskin of every other sitcom Chuck Lorre has done. That could probably be churned out by a computer by the end of 2020. The more complicated entertainment will take longer to crack though.
Friendship is tough to define. So I'll give you that.
Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation
by Jach on Friday December 23, 2016 @04:12AM
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Friendship may be tough to define, but I think it won't present a problem. Even a simple attempt like this points the way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkcKaNqfykg
Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation
by JustSomeNobody on Thursday December 22, 2016 @01:16PM
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> I expect AI to do much better than us very soon.
and it's a good thing too, because if we are all out of work there'll be no good reason for us all to have so much intelligence so we'll me devolving back to the apes.