[ExI] More Robots - Fewer Boring Jobs

[William Flynn Wallace]

In Iain Banks 'Excession' we find AIs, ship's Minds, in conflict, and one
is a traitor.  So, many things won't be that different when they take over
most of our tasks.   They will dispute and fight just like we do. bill w

On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 6:15 AM John Grigg via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> BillK wrote:
> "Corporations exporting jobs to China has kept US wages low. Great idea
> for the managers. But when unemployed support payments are similar to
> low wages people won't bother working boring low-wage jobs. Reducing
> support payments won't force people back to boring jobs either.  The
> rich managers will face millions of people in rebellions and riots so
> the support payments to the masses will have to continue.
> It looks like the pandemic has started the age of universal basic income
> paying the masses to sit at home and watch TV."
>
> This makes me think of the Iain Banks Culture series, where the basic
> income "drones" live lives of leisure, and most people say they are an
> "artist" of some kind. But still many people seek out education and
> careers, for status and power. And the godlike A.I's run things from the
> shadows, letting the humans think they are fully in charge. But we are
> still far from such a supposed golden age.
>
> John
>
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 5:28 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> Rise of the Robots Speeds Up in Pandemic With U.S. Labor Scarce
>> Alexandre Tanzi  6 Nov 2021
>>
>> <
>> https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/rise-of-the-robots-speeds-up-in-pandemic-with-us-labor-scarce/ar-AAQogdr
>> >
>>
>> Quotes:
>> Labor shortages and rising wages are pushing U.S. business to invest
>> in automation. A recent Federal Reserve survey of chief financial
>> officers found that at firms with difficulty hiring, one-third are
>> implementing or exploring automation to replace workers.
>>
>> Some economists have warned that automation could make America’s
>> income and wealth gaps worse.
>>
>> “If it continues, labor demand will grow slowly, inequality will
>> increase, and the prospects for many low-education workers will not be
>> very good,” says Daron Acemoglu, a professor at the Massachusetts
>> Institute of Technology, who testified Wednesday at a Senate hearing
>> on the issue.
>> -----------------------
>>
>> Corporations exporting jobs to China has kept US wages low. Great idea
>> for the managers. But when unemployed support payments are similar to
>> low wages people won't bother working boring low-wage jobs. Reducing
>> support payments won't force people back to boring jobs either.  The
>> rich managers will face millions of people in rebellions and riots so
>> the support payments to the masses will have to continue.
>> It looks like the pandemic has started the age of universal basic income
>> paying the masses to sit at home and watch TV.
>>
>> BillK
>>
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