What will happen when computers take most of the jobs?
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Thread Topic: What will happen when computers take most of the jobs?
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Lets face it, technology is removing many jobs. Cashiers are being replaced, robots are building cars and many other things, technology is revolutionizing education and meaning less people are needed to reach many people, and many other fields are sacking people due to tech.
What does humans have on robots? Soon they'll have nothing. With machine learning advancing I've even heard talk of a program which writes programs (removing the need for the programmer) however it will probably be a while before it is finally made.
So what will happen when almost all jobs are removed because of technology?
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Well I personally think that the world will be gone before that happens. But I see your
point and have actually thought about it before.
But if this ever does happen then the mass population will become increasingly more obese and lazy, people will really have no purpose other than recreational activities because there will be not much need to work. I suppose that then the goverment might have it set up so people have a income that they receive per person in there family and will just full there life with meaningless items.
I hope the word doesn't get that bad but it is a great possibility. -
It will happen within a decade of the singularity likely, and singularity is estimated to happen in 2040.
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In 25 years? Not sure everything will be replaced by then, that's the same difference between now and 1990. There are some jobs that just can't be replaced (yet anyway) such as hairdressers, care of animals, writing (authors, journalists etc) those are the ones that come to mind straight away. I'll say if I think of any more.
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Oh and acting, movie/TV production, artists.
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The more I think about it, the more stupid the 2040 idea seems. I know what you mean about self service tils and machines building things but people will always be needed for things like design and do you think you'll be going to a robot dentist and robot hairdresser in 2040? Lol
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the word is suppose to be under water when kt becomes 3000 caus of global warming
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That sounds more likely.
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Wendee, your second paragraph literally describes WALL-E. xD
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Welcome to the future:
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I doubt we're anywhere near 200 years from a fully or mostly automated work force
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lions, do you not understand that most jobs are either intellectual or manual, creativity (which computers are notoriously bad at so far) doesn't cover most jobs. Most jobs can already be replaced by computers for the manual ones that require little intelligence (or turned into a job where 1 person manages many machines that would normally be humans because of technology).
Now, time to quickly explain moores law. Moores law (it's been quite accurate) states that every 18 months you'll be able to have double the processing power for the same price. This is exponential growth. So in 12 years computers basically become 64 times as powerful. Basically this means that as soon as computers are as powerful as even a rats brain that means that it won't be long before they're as smart as humans, and then they'll get much much better.
One thing I think people missed is that computers not only replace jobs they also improve workers so less are needed. Take acting, what about when animation can look just as realistic as real life people and the computer needed isn't that expensive? Then just some great software and a small team are needed to make a realistic movie. (admittedly it may be a while before stuff is this ood but this is mainly here to show he that computers aren't necessarily replacing all the jobs, simply can do them under guidance efficiently).
Also, I want to sway this topic towards less "will it happen", because unless a roof is hit it undoubtedly will happen, and towards what will people do when it happens? -
Except its really not likely to happen at all.
Humans are cheap to employ, easy to create, and pretty reliable.
Computers are glitchy, and suck at self maintenance.
No matter how powerful, they just dont operate the same as a human mind.
Either way the fact is we already are hitting roofs in the area.
its just not a real possibility.
but just for the sake of argument, if the world somehow turned into a teenage fantasy dystopian society?
I suspect in addition to providing all citizens with an automatic weekly stipend, there'd be a push for infrastructural development of extraterrestrial planets and systems. -
Computers are cheap, need no health insurance, and cost less than minimum wage an hour. Moores law shows no signs of not working any more, so in another 30 years it will probably increase the same amount as it did in the previous 30 years, if it does processors will be 3,500 times more powerful in 30 years, making them incredibly powerful.
Computer error is much smaller than human error. Computer glitches are also less common than sick days and can be fixed easier than getting a substitute. And with machine learning they're able to do more and more tasks. -
Also, please state a source for your statement of we're hitting the roof.
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