Re:Robots Have Been About to Take All the Jobs for 100 Years
by Loquebantur on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @05:53PM
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You too over-generalize when extrapolating past behavior linearly into the future.
Being conscious intelligent creatures, humans ought to be able to learn from their mistakes and implement change accordingly.
This presupposes one refrains from defeatist refusal to engage those problems of course.
Re:Robots Have Been About to Take All the Jobs for 100 Years
by satellites on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @07:00PM
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How long have you been following politics and economics in a serious capacity?
> Being conscious intelligent creatures, humans ought to be able to learn from their mistakes and implement change accordingly.
We sure ought to, I agree with you there.
If you don’t live in the U.S. it’s hard to grasp just how hostile the political/economic system is towards the lower and middle classes. The idea of a UBI program to support people whose jobs get automated and lack the skills to work elsewhere is completely out of the question. A trip to the hospital can easily bankrupt the average American family ffs, but we can’t even fix that. There is zero political will to provide robust social programs here, despite any evidence that shows it might improve society.
Sorry for the rant. TL;DR if you look at the last few decades of politics in the U.S. you can see there is close to zero chance of the solutions you’re describing.