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Posted on 07/20/2015 4:57:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
New technologies fascinate us – from the precision of robotic surgery to the potential of Amazon dropping packages on our doorsteps via drone. But at the same time, there is anxiety over robots and artificial intelligence making human labor unnecessary and, ultimately, replacing us.
Fear of the changes innovation brings is nothing new, and the reality is that robots will eventually replace us in many or most of today’s jobs and that’s, in fact, a glorious thing.
Yes, jobs will be destroyed by innovation, as they’ve always been, but it doesn’t mean we’ll run out of jobs. New ones will be created as new technologies are developed, engineered and maintained. And, overall, these will be better, more high-skilled jobs. The agriculture industry provides a case in point.
Farming used to employ plenty of manual labor to do very physical work. But today, technological innovation – from basic tractors to complex irrigation systems – has not only eliminated backbreaking tasks but has also created new, more-skilled jobs. In fact, there are so many jobs in agriculture due to the increasing intricacy of the industry that approximately 60,000 positions remain vacant. Much of the work has moved out of the fields and into labs, where microbiologists, meteorologists and veterinarians all play an important role in getting safe foods to tables across the country. And these jobs requiring higher skills also pay higher salaries.
When manual and repetitive tasks are automated through the use of machines and technology, low-skilled work becomes safer – dangerous and harmful tasks are better done by machines. Those who, 100 years ago, would have toiled in the fields have safer, better-paying jobs in factories, offices and universities today. Surely, this is progress we should welcome.
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Remember George Jetson?
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Become porn stars, welfare dependents, and common criminals.
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Wallace Whipple, 1964 Twilight Zone episode, explains why automation is such a good idea—mainly the elimination of human beings, whose inefficiencies and costs are bad for profits. Thus they are fired and replaced by computer-controlled machines.
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It’s not just IQ, you can have a high IQ but if you are 50+ nobody is going to hire you in a number of fields. So what you do is to make your own job starting from scratch, and if you are successful you will make more work than one person can do :)
If i had a snare drum, I’d be hitting it after your industrial strength answer.
If you are in the same position as me (having been replaced by software), there is a danger in just defaulting to the job you couldn’t train for before because you lacked the time or money. The key is that word “before”. So either find someone who says “yes I will hire you if you do thus and such”, or find yourself a new field.
“Damn cracker robot, fust he take my job, now he’s shortin’ me on my fries.”
There are jobs that aren't replaced by software, even given the existence of software that can do the same job. For example, despite the vast array of freely available and effective malware, we still have community organizers.
Same concept but different platform ;)
On a more serious note, if indeed you are about to be dispensed with they will start doing all sorts of time studies and will require you to write very detailed procedures, this may come through being required to train someone else for your job. Your job will become very procedurally oriented and independent thought which was encouraged before will become a punishable offense. Nothing personal (though it’s hard to see that at the time) just plan your escape and move on :)
Yeah,
BUrgers and such aren’t bad enough at McDonalds already.
Bet it’s all gonna be wonderful after they change to robots making the soilent green there.
Intelligence is also malleable through thinking and learning. I remember reading the story of a black kid who was on trial for murder. His IQ was measured at 64, which was below the 75 required to be eligible for the death penalty.
However, after having spent 6 months with his attorney and having them continually explain legal concepts and his case, his IQ was later measured over 80, which made him eligible for the death penalty.
Humans weren’t designed to take enjoyment from being in front of a computer all day. Computers have really been hard on my health, so I’ve started working on old cars and gardening.
So, I see robotization decreasing the quality of existence, even if they increase material well being.
I don't expect that any time soon. My job is increasingly writing scripts to automate system procedures, and finding solutions to problems that nobody else wants living in their wheelhouse.
You are in a good spot :)
Id suggest that the banks.....might be among the first to take advantage of this technology....at least my bank
I like it :).
Sometimes when people ask me what I do, I tell them "I solve puzzles."
This is probably what results, paid for by those making those high-paying salaries:
Guaranteed minimum income (GMI) (also called minimum income) is a system[1] of social welfare provision that guarantees that all citizens or families have an income sufficient to live on, provided they meet certain conditions. Eligibility is typically determined by citizenship, a means test, and either availability for the labour market or a willingness to perform community services. The primary goal of a guaranteed minimum income is to reduce poverty. If citizenship is the only requirement, the system turns into a universal basic income.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaranteed_minimum_income
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