I just saw an article on Klobuchar's worker retraining proposal

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4. Good point.

You know, I think we need some really up-to-date thinking and investigation into the problem of AI and automation, especially since it is rather novel and not very mainstream YET, (oh it will be in a MAJOR way soon).

Generally, corporations are going to use AI and automation to their advantage for jobs that it can do well, (and will be able to increasingly do as this proceeds) Yes, they will cut production time and costs and increase efficiency, but they will also decrease the number of humans required and also be able to use automation as leverage to continue to fight for lower wages, less or no benefits, etc.

I have not seen enough about what new jobs or types of work will really come to fill the void and I am not impressed by attempts to sell the Fourth Industrial Revolution as a new kind of jobs creator to any degree that will assure work/income for growing numbers of people unto potentially critical proportions. This is not like previous revolutions of this kind. There are many details and nuances here, but that's the general picture and how and what people can do better so far is also a factor.

I am not necessarily a Yang supporter, but he does get this. I wish all of our candidates were getting a finger pointing at a looming crises that is not going to be as slow and gradual as some might think. It will get a gradual start and then accelerate rapidly even unto exponential increases.

So, training of some sorts may be a stopgap measure, but only for SOME kinds of people/workers and certainly not to the degree that will offset the losses to come in wages and available employment.