Not contradicting you at all, only pointing that it already took place. Just to let others be ready when those calls for government action become louder indeed.
And as it has been pointed many times before, fighting ignorance also means to be aware when educated people in the arts, media, education, etc. are the targets.
It matters for this discussion to be aware of the misguided equivalence coming from right wing sources when framing this discussion about who will control the algorithms too.
Agreed. When we shipped blue collar jobs overseas - crickets. But automation (ai and robots as ‘bots’) is now coming for white collar jobs. This is not strange, as wages are almost always the single biggest cost for any organization. And they will try to cut costs, it doesn’t matter if it’s a company chasing profits or city hall trying to stay on budget.
If a job can be automated, it will be automated.
Automation has been coming for white collar jobs for 30+ years. Somehow we keep inventing nonsensical corporate bullshit jobs to give to people with college degrees.
It’s not exactly like a fireman on a diesel locomotive. An automated facility requires a significant software and engineering staff. And a significant maintenance and preventive maintenance crew. The bot may be good for ten years but it becomes obsolete the day you buy it. Within two years new competitors will all have better, more efficient bots.
In the semi-conductor industry many companies simply ran out the life span of their diffusion equipment. The cost of replacement was prohibitive so they folded. Robotics may put companies in a similar position.
Then what happens when the maintenance and preventive maintenance guys join a union? I’m not being a doomsayer. Just pointing out that it’s a new demographic making the same product. Maybe fewer cars in the parking lot.
Food for thought…
And an alternate view…
And one more concerning…
Yikes!