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by keiferski
854 days ago
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The discussion is about robots replacing laborers and tradesmen, not all human work. It seems far more likely than humans will maintain control of the corporations that manufacture the robots. The rest of this is just sci-fi speculation. |
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If that's all they did, it would be just another change to the nature of work, and humans would simply find other roles to fill.
Rapid change is scary, but can be managed, has been managed before — this kind of thing has historically grown the metaphorical economic pie, making everyone better off. If it's either one of "just muscle power" or "just brain power", the other leaves opportunities for humans.
Only a total replacement of all human work causes such a break that we're fumbling around in the dark. ("Fumbling around" is how I see the discussion of UBI: even if it turns out to be right, we don't yet have anything like a good enough model for the details).
> It seems far more likely than humans will maintain control of the corporations that manufacture the robots.
Will they, though? We've already got people (unwisely IMO) putting AI on boards of directors. Yes, it's as much a stunt as anything else, the law prevents them from being treated as "people", but the effect is the same: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Artificial-intelligence-get...