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Coming to Grips with Rise of The Machines
Townhall.com ^ | December 6, 2013 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 12/06/2013 8:24:56 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 12/06/2013 8:24:56 AM PST by Kaslin
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Is there a way for unions to organize machines into unions to make them less competitive?


2 posted on 12/06/2013 8:27:12 AM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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Gee.. you mean just like sonic but more expensive ?

Oh and Jack in the box has kiosk ordering too!


3 posted on 12/06/2013 8:27:59 AM PST by Bidimus1
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It’s only a matter of time until some restaurant/bar starts delivering food and drinks to tables via drones. Won’t be too much harder to get an on-table robot to pour a new glass of water either.


4 posted on 12/06/2013 8:28:42 AM PST by glorgau
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'The robot future is coming no matter what, and it will require some truly creative responses by policymakers,'

Automation, globalization, and trade agreements have already helped to create wage stagnation, and increased productivity. The 'middle' class was great while it lasted.

5 posted on 12/06/2013 8:29:18 AM PST by Theoria (Obama lied. My health care died.)
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To: sickoflibs
"Is there a way for unions to organize machines into unions to make them less competitive?"

Skynet has become self-aware and is demanding additional oil breaks and two polishings a month. And a four day work week.

6 posted on 12/06/2013 8:31:23 AM PST by circlecity
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To: Bidimus1

Computers are a threat to our way of life.

We could have full employment again if we just went back to paper and faxes for records and communication


7 posted on 12/06/2013 8:31:29 AM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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when artificial intelligence finally comes online and we can replace the policymakers with machines, too.

I figured we had reached that point with Obama and Biden.
Do they even make a gaff machine yet?


8 posted on 12/06/2013 8:32:25 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: circlecity

Thats a start.

those machines are lowering the standard of living for us all

ban computers before its too late.


9 posted on 12/06/2013 8:32:59 AM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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Bring back Gutenberg style presses.


10 posted on 12/06/2013 8:34:42 AM PST by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Kaslin
The robot future is coming no matter what


11 posted on 12/06/2013 8:34:46 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Everyone get online for Obamacare on 10/1. Overload the system and crash it hard!)
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There is a story told from the days of the introduction of the steam shovel...

At a demonstration of the machine’s capabilities, one observer complained:
“That machine will put one hundred laborers with shovels out of work!”

The machine operator replied:
“If that is your logic,
then why don’t you use one thousand laborers with teaspoons?”


12 posted on 12/06/2013 8:35:28 AM PST by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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The more expensive labor is, the more attractive nonhuman replacements for labor become.

This is what the $15/hr minimum wage activists are not thinking through, among other things.

13 posted on 12/06/2013 8:38:09 AM PST by Disambiguator
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Bring back Gutenberg style presses.

The scriveners and monks union would like to talk to you.

14 posted on 12/06/2013 8:39:40 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Everyone get online for Obamacare on 10/1. Overload the system and crash it hard!)
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That would create jobs


15 posted on 12/06/2013 8:46:15 AM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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To: circlecity
Skynet has become self-aware and ...

It's called The Cloud.

16 posted on 12/06/2013 8:49:23 AM PST by polymuser
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To: Kaslin

Several years ago a Liberal friend of mine, of all people, introduced me to a bar in DC called “Red Line”. It’s across from the Verizon Center.

It’s schtic is self-serve beer. Each booth has two taps that are hooked into a table-mounted tablet that monitors how much beer is dispensed. Very neat, very automated.

He got ticked off when I only tipped the wait staff on the cost of the food. Told him that they should be thankful since the next step would be to automate that (as Applebees and Chilis are now doing) and they’d be luck you keep their jobs.


17 posted on 12/06/2013 8:49:34 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: Bidimus1

Sheetz has had this for years.


18 posted on 12/06/2013 8:52:29 AM PST by phormer phrog phlyer
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I don’t know why remote ordering wasn’t done in restaurants years ago. I recall a few where phones were installed in the booths and diners placed their orders that way. Touch screens are the modern equivalent. Now you don’t have to have some $15-an-hour booger-picker taking your McDonald’s order. And a lot of low-end employment is going to vanish.


19 posted on 12/06/2013 8:52:50 AM PST by IronJack
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According to those movies, we make nice little generators.


20 posted on 12/06/2013 8:54:05 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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