Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco
by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @02:29PM
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True, rising productivity does force human beings to be more productive.
> Not everyone is cut out to be a software engineer, doctor, or lawyer.
Society used to say the same thing about reading and writing (not everyone is cut out to do that), and society was (mostly) wrong. Pushing people higher and higher up the value chain has been happening forever. Eventually we will hit singularity, but even the software engineers, doctors, and lawyers will be obsolete then.
> Not everyone is cut out to be a software engineer, doctor, or lawyer.
Society used to say the same thing about reading and writing (not everyone is cut out to do that), and society was (mostly) wrong. Pushing people higher and higher up the value chain has been happening forever. Eventually we will hit singularity, but even the software engineers, doctors, and lawyers will be obsolete then.