Posted on 07/20/2015 4:57:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Remember George Jetson?
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Become porn stars, welfare dependents, and common criminals.
Wallace Whipple, 1964 Twilight Zone episode, explains why automation is such a good ideamainly 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If you are in the same position as me (having been replaced by software), there is a danger in just defaulting to the job you couldn’t train for before because you lacked the time or money.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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