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WCDT strips 4236-4240 (6th April to 10th April, 2020)
hedgie:
I'm turning 40 in May, and I'm still not sure if I've actually ever been on a date. I mostly sorta "fell into" relationships, where going for food just meant that we were both hungry.
Is it cold in here?:
Jeph has said that the reason humans can still get jobs is that a lot of the employed AIs take jobs like being toasters and others are lazy.
SmilingCat:
--- Quote from: Tyr on 08 Apr 2020, 06:11 ---RE: Automation Apocalypse. If I recall correctly, the AIs are also painfully aware this is going to happen, and have been working to mitigate this themselves in addition to xenophobes blocking AI from taking up service industry jobs (See post-Robot Jail May looking for employment where she was originally going to buy pants).
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--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 08 Apr 2020, 15:45 ---Jeph has said that the reason humans can still get jobs is that a lot of the employed AIs take jobs like being toasters and others are lazy.
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I don't think the AIs are really the concern in this case (Which I admit I stated in really vague terms). In the end, they're employees too. It's the machines that can do the job without being something you have to actually pay.
(fun fact, whether you agree on its implementation or not, universal basic income may very well be necessary when a huge amount of unskilled labor suddenly find out they're surplus to requirements)
Tova:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 08 Apr 2020, 15:45 ---Jeph has said that the reason humans can still get jobs is that a lot of the employed AIs take jobs like being toasters and others are lazy.
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I'd be curious to know when Jeph said that (as I always am whenever I hear something he has said about QC AI).
In part, because there seems to be an assumption here that AIs would be much better than humans at most jobs, which I don't think is the case, considering Momo's comment about most of their processing power being used to maintain sentience.
And in part, because this seems to fall for the universal basic income myth that people would just stop working when they get an income for doing nothing. I don't think that's the case.
--- Quote from: SmilingCat on 08 Apr 2020, 16:50 ---(fun fact, whether you agree on its implementation or not, universal basic income may very well be necessary when a huge amount of unskilled labor suddenly find out they're surplus to requirements)
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Yes, funny you should mention that. I see both of these as very much complementary actions. If we as a society want to rid ourselves of dangerous of soul-destroyingly boring jobs, then a UBI means no-one needs to do them anymore and automation means they still get done.
Stoutfellow:
Comic's up.
Looks like Brun accidentally flicked a sore spot Millie didn't know she had.
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