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> This article comes too soon

Most estimates a decade ago forecasted massive automation-caused job losses by 2020.

> How long have we been able to use millions of entries to machine learn?

How long did mechanical looms need to show they wouldn't become sentient?

> I imagine

I do to. But based on current technology, we have no idea how to achieve these goals. We can't even model how or when we might do so. This implies a deep lack of meta knowledge.

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> How long did mechanical looms need to show they wouldn't become sentient?

They didn't become sentient, but at the time how the Quality distinguished themselves from the rabble was through art, literacy, and music, all of which were achievable (to some degree) by mechanical loomwork substituting brass for brains.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8u93VQfHmw

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> How long did mechanical looms need to show they wouldn't become sentient?

Ah, thank you. That's handy phrasing.