Re:Walmart will soon have robots roaming the aisles in 50 st...
by pbhjpbhj on Saturday October 28, 2017 @05:08AM
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>Regardless, keeping people in menial jobs is not optimal for them or for consumers and almost certainly not a policy that will generally persist when more capable AIs are available. //
"Keeping" people in menial jobs isn't the issue. When the robot takes over it's because the owner-capitalists can make more profit by cutting the proles out of the loop.
It's not the job, it's money to pay for water+food+shelter that's the issue.
If rich capitalists are happy to give up their profits to make an equal society with few menial roles then your way s works. There's no evidence that's the case and lots of evidence against it.
"Keeping" people in menial jobs isn't the issue. When the robot takes over it's because the owner-capitalists can make more profit by cutting the proles out of the loop.
It's not the job, it's money to pay for water+food+shelter that's the issue.
If rich capitalists are happy to give up their profits to make an equal society with few menial roles then your way s works. There's no evidence that's the case and lots of evidence against it.