Re:Without right policies, automation risks shift of income ...
by shkkmo on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @07:37PM
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> "Home cooked meal" loses a lot of its appeal if it's Mom's robot doing the work.
"Home Cooked Meal" isn't typically a job. I would argue that when it is, the difference between "Prepared by my employee human" and "Prepared by my robotic property" doesn't lose much appeal given equivalent quality/variety.
However, I get your point. Many people do place a premium on expressions of power. The one thing that a human cooked meal provides that a robot cooked meal doesn't, is the sense of power over another person. I agree that there will probably always be jobs for people, purely based on this desire. However, this is rather beside the point of the article.
> Anyhoo, the main point I'm trying to make is there has been automation for a long, long time and we aren't any worse off because of it. Some could even argue were better off because of it even.
Most of us would happily agree with you that we are overall better off because of Automation. However, that is also besides the point of this article.
The main point of the article is to point out one of the negative effects that can/has come out of automation. Your 'main point' seems to have no bearing on this, hence the downvotes.
"Home Cooked Meal" isn't typically a job. I would argue that when it is, the difference between "Prepared by my employee human" and "Prepared by my robotic property" doesn't lose much appeal given equivalent quality/variety.
However, I get your point. Many people do place a premium on expressions of power. The one thing that a human cooked meal provides that a robot cooked meal doesn't, is the sense of power over another person. I agree that there will probably always be jobs for people, purely based on this desire. However, this is rather beside the point of the article.
> Anyhoo, the main point I'm trying to make is there has been automation for a long, long time and we aren't any worse off because of it. Some could even argue were better off because of it even.
Most of us would happily agree with you that we are overall better off because of Automation. However, that is also besides the point of this article.
The main point of the article is to point out one of the negative effects that can/has come out of automation. Your 'main point' seems to have no bearing on this, hence the downvotes.