I don’t know man. I feel like by now you should have experienced a loved one or someone close to you lose their job due to automation by now. Everyone wishes they could do what they want to for a living but they can’t, especially now with AI coming for artists as well.
There isn’t a job that you’d love to do that isn’t gonna get automated away within our lifetimes.
Now I’m old enough and jaded enough to realise that it’s not really achievable.
I do think this type of utopia is possible, but its not really achievable for 21st century earth mostly because we’re more comfortable with a social hierarchy than a less stratified structure.
oh defintately before I was 20. I think the thing is that its the reason I was a science major and then I was to busy for a long long time to really think otherwise. Once I was no longer working toward such a future and was more just working for a living it became increasingly clear that we are not progressing in this way that I thought we would.
Yeah, have you ever worked with someone who wasn’t good at their job yet? Like so bad you wonder why they even bother coming in.
Imagine a world where computers and machines can do anything you can do but better. You and everyone else would be like an incompetent employee no matter how hard you worked at it.
Why would you even try to keep up? Why not just do things you actually wanted to do and live your life? Is this really such an unbelievable position to take?
I think you’re misunderstanding. I’ve always heard this in the context of a UBI, never that an employer should pay an ex-employee for the work that a robot does.
With this setup, nobody is forced to do menial labor. Those that are willing and able can pursue higher education and pick up more skilled jobs, increasing potential for technological advancement. Those that can’t or don’t want to can pursue their own interests and hopefully create some cultural significance. Essentially, the automation will allow people to leave their shitty jobs and pursue something more fulfilling without worrying about going bankrupt, all while society still has its basic needs met.
I’ve always thought this was an ideal scenario. Whenever I hear people talking about how automation is taking jobs and needs to be stopped, I think about how automation should really be encouraged to allow people to contribute more meaningfully, but this can only be done after we’ve established a UBI and other social programs to ensure that these people can get by without the income they get from their current jobs.
I guess I am confused, because on one hand you say the post is stupid, but in the other hand you seem to agree with it but think that the “correct” way would be very challenging.
So it sounds like your only problem is with the implementation details. Am I understanding your point?
I see. I see the comic as pointing the interesting problem that arises from automation today.
A tool like automation should be a boon to humanity and therefore a boon to all individuals. Instead, in the current reality, automation is causing a lot of problems because our system wasn’t designed for the level of automation we have today.
I think the comic is stating that the system should work for us, not the other way around. You seem to agree with this point and I do as well.
I don’t see the comic prescribing any order of changing policy to arrive at the “correct” panel. I also don’t see any specific anti-work themes.
There is an assumption that more time to do what you want is better than more time at a job, but I don’t see this as anti-work as I think most people would agree with it.
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Definetly if you’re old enough to experience it.
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Def can tell you’re not old enough then.
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I don’t know man. I feel like by now you should have experienced a loved one or someone close to you lose their job due to automation by now. Everyone wishes they could do what they want to for a living but they can’t, especially now with AI coming for artists as well.
There isn’t a job that you’d love to do that isn’t gonna get automated away within our lifetimes.
Within our lifetimes is a big stretch imo
It’s possible
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Wholeheartedly? The problem for people is the income, not the work.
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Kind of.
I probably thought like this in my 20s.
Now I’m old enough and jaded enough to realise that it’s not really achievable.
I do think this type of utopia is possible, but its not really achievable for 21st century earth mostly because we’re more comfortable with a social hierarchy than a less stratified structure.
oh defintately before I was 20. I think the thing is that its the reason I was a science major and then I was to busy for a long long time to really think otherwise. Once I was no longer working toward such a future and was more just working for a living it became increasingly clear that we are not progressing in this way that I thought we would.
Yeah, have you ever worked with someone who wasn’t good at their job yet? Like so bad you wonder why they even bother coming in.
Imagine a world where computers and machines can do anything you can do but better. You and everyone else would be like an incompetent employee no matter how hard you worked at it.
Why would you even try to keep up? Why not just do things you actually wanted to do and live your life? Is this really such an unbelievable position to take?
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I think you’re misunderstanding. I’ve always heard this in the context of a UBI, never that an employer should pay an ex-employee for the work that a robot does.
With this setup, nobody is forced to do menial labor. Those that are willing and able can pursue higher education and pick up more skilled jobs, increasing potential for technological advancement. Those that can’t or don’t want to can pursue their own interests and hopefully create some cultural significance. Essentially, the automation will allow people to leave their shitty jobs and pursue something more fulfilling without worrying about going bankrupt, all while society still has its basic needs met.
I’ve always thought this was an ideal scenario. Whenever I hear people talking about how automation is taking jobs and needs to be stopped, I think about how automation should really be encouraged to allow people to contribute more meaningfully, but this can only be done after we’ve established a UBI and other social programs to ensure that these people can get by without the income they get from their current jobs.
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I guess I am confused, because on one hand you say the post is stupid, but in the other hand you seem to agree with it but think that the “correct” way would be very challenging.
So it sounds like your only problem is with the implementation details. Am I understanding your point?
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I see. I see the comic as pointing the interesting problem that arises from automation today.
A tool like automation should be a boon to humanity and therefore a boon to all individuals. Instead, in the current reality, automation is causing a lot of problems because our system wasn’t designed for the level of automation we have today.
I think the comic is stating that the system should work for us, not the other way around. You seem to agree with this point and I do as well.
I don’t see the comic prescribing any order of changing policy to arrive at the “correct” panel. I also don’t see any specific anti-work themes.
There is an assumption that more time to do what you want is better than more time at a job, but I don’t see this as anti-work as I think most people would agree with it.
Perhaps kids