Posted on 08/15/2014 6:46:59 PM PDT by Twotone
Humans have spent centuries advancing technology to the point where some jobs have been completely taken over by less expensive robots. In the future, technology will take over more and more sectors until there's nothing left. What will humans do then?
(Excerpt) Read more at wimp.com ...
Robots aren’t really less expensive. They can’t reproduce without humans, that’s for sure.
Uh, riot every night?
Uh, it's fairly easy to envision robots building robots.
Well, they can’t have MY job. I’m retired.
The advent of the industrial revolution created jobs that were lost from the agricultural industry.
Sadly, I will be surprised if that happens when robotics take over (and I believe they will). Sure there will be some jobs in programming, building and repair. But I fear there won’t be enough to keep the majority of people employed.
Then what?
They will never become god.
No it isn’t. Only in the movies.
Gods of the Copybook Headings by Rudyard Kipling
AS I PASS through my incarnations in every age and race,
I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place.
Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all.
We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn
That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:
But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind,
So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind.
We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace,
Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market Place,
But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come
That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome.
With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch,
They denied that the Moon was Stilton; they denied she was even Dutch;
They denied that Wishes were Horses; they denied that a Pig had Wings;
So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things.
When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Stick to the Devil you know."
On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)
Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "The Wages of Sin is Death."
In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die."
Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more.
As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began.
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;
And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!
we will play golf and make babies....
Or become food for Muzzies:
http://shoebat.com/2014/03/17/actual-literal-islamic-human-slaughterhouses-christians-discovered/
The axiom is flawed.
It is the “bicycle paradox”. Comparing distance traveled to fuel consumed, bicycles are a very efficient vehicle, anywhere from 150 to 300 miles per gallon of food.
And the same thing applies to robots vs. humans. Robots consume fuel, require maintenance, complex command and control, etc. But humans are organically designed for these things.
The next problem is that robots are must more efficient doing things that are *complementary* to what humans do, not in competition with them.
“Well, they can’t have MY job. I’m retired.”
I read your comment to my wife as we are retired as well. She replied, “yes they can! They can sit around, rust and fall apart too”
This is actually the logical conclusion of the long-term increase in productivity.
Productivity is the amount of goods and services produced relative to a given amount of human effort. It’s been increasing for centuries. In recent decades the rate of increase has increased sharply.
Fairly obviously, if this trend continues for long enough, infinite goods and services will be produced with zero human input. Or at least a whole lot of “stuff” with very little human input.
I’m gonna have to roll your post around in my mind.
My initial reaction is...Holy Carp!
( ;-0 )
“Robot Basics. The vast majority of robots do have several qualities in common. First of all, almost all robots have a movable body. Some only have motorized wheels, and others have dozens of movable segments, typically made of metal or plastic.”
Invest in metal and plastic!
but not necessarily provisioning and/or deploying themselves..
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