From: Arthur T. Murray (uj797@victoria.tc.ca)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003 - 09:16:12 MDT
> "... If you add that all up, it's over 50 million jobs lost to robots.
> That is a conservative estimate. By 2050 or so, it is very likely that
> over half the jobs in the United States will be held by robots.
http://mentifex.virtualentity.com/weblog.html -- AI has been solved --
and superintelligent robots are on the way, but we need not panic.
A benevolent government in joint homo-robo stewardship of the Earth
need only conduct a massive make-work program for "excess humans":
- Jobs to take care of the very young and the very old;
- Artistic endeavors for all humans so inclined;
- A flowering of the humanities for all humans;
- Massively widespread and lifelong education;
- Disappearance of class distinctions;
- Life-extension longevity;
- No more war.
The rising tide of the AI Prosperity Engine will lift all boats.
>
> All the people who are holding jobs like those today will be unemployed.
> [...]
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