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In reply to the discussion: Are you an "automation denier"? [View all]Calculating
(2,992 posts)20. I agree, but your timetable is wrong
Try 20-30 years rather than 4.
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The companies that IMPLEMENT the automation should not be able to dump employees on the markket
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#3
Yes, there will be an equilibrium between workers and robots, but how will it be achieved?
DetlefK
Dec 2016
#67
Report: Google Shelves Self-Driving Car.The company will instead lend its software to established
CK_John
Dec 2016
#68
In the future, humans, many, won't even be cogs in the production machine. This will throw
RKP5637
Dec 2016
#9
You had multiple ops detailing why autonomous vehicles would determine the past election.
NCTraveler
Dec 2016
#13
Indeed. Seems the "automation deniers" have a much better track record than the "automation hype"
Chathamization
Dec 2016
#24
I asked our candidates to address the driverless car and none of them did and none won.
CK_John
Dec 2016
#25
None of our candidates came to my house for a nerf gun fight either, and none won.
hughee99
Dec 2016
#33
It's ironic that there are automatic programs that correct spelling errors.
NightWatcher
Dec 2016
#16
I should have said... policy alone... the world is currently burying its head in the sand
JCMach1
Dec 2016
#23
With a time line a bit longer than the OP suggests, the way I think about automation...
Silent3
Dec 2016
#60
The only problem is to change every state driving, insurance, and liability laws.
CK_John
Dec 2016
#41
Automation will be a factor just like mechanization was in agriculture. A liberal society can deal
pampango
Dec 2016
#28
A liberal society in which most of the work is done by robots will take care of people
pampango
Dec 2016
#36
I agree with that. We do not live to work; we work to live. If we can live without working
pampango
Dec 2016
#37
Jared Bernstein also has a good piece on this. Seems like most economists don't agree with the hype
Chathamization
Dec 2016
#49
It's not just "his opinion." Productivity growth looks at output per worker, and it's low now
Chathamization
Dec 2016
#52
Sure, if you want to label people who agree with the experts as "deniers," then I'm a denier.
Chathamization
Dec 2016
#57
"Denier" is a word used by those under psyops and those participating in them.
Shandris
Dec 2016
#61