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| Jose Canseco Issues Stern Warning Over the Rise of Robots |
| 2017-02-21 |
Monday, Canseco published a flurry of tweets warning about the mechanization of jobs once held by humans. Don’t worry, robots "won’t attack and kill us like in the movies," they’ll just steal all of our jerbs. The robot threat is being taken too lightly. Mega gazillionaire Bill Gates is far more accepting of the robotic revolution but has suggested robots be taxed like human workers. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 How about 4) we'll just be doing different jobs? I've changed my career(s) twice already, so maybe third time's a charm? |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-02-21 19:13 |
| #10 Watch. Everything will be hunky-dory until a one cent stamp tax is enacted. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-02-21 17:01 |
| #9 We need them to care for us during the multi-generational trip to TRAPPIST-1. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-02-21 16:20 |
| #8 I'm going to hope for #2 but expect #1. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2017-02-21 15:32 |
| #7 We already have virtual healthcare insurance so why not? |
| Posted by: Warthog 2017-02-21 14:34 |
| #6 All of the above + virtual reality |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-02-21 14:28 |
| #5 If as a society we couldn't handle jobs moving offshore we will do little better with jobs taken over by robots. I think we will have a problem. Assuming nobody has to work and robot society can now pay for everyone to live a life of semi-comfort would we get: (1) idiocracy with everyone on their toilet lounge chair playing games, watching movies, etc? (2) The federation in which folks turn to the arts or join a semi-military exploration society to pass away the boredom? (3) Or Detroit as everything has little value folks will have little compunction with destroying it? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-02-21 14:27 |
#4 Oldest job theif! |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-02-21 10:06 |
| #3 Is artificial intelligence really artificial? I for one welcome our robotic overlords. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2017-02-21 08:12 |
| #2 Yeah, next they'll want to marry your daughter* and use your restroom. * but wait, haven't they already been using 'that' part for decades now? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-02-21 07:59 |
| #1 Yep. The wheel was a serious bad idea. All those porters who lost their jobs. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-02-21 07:24 |