alt Hacker NewsThere's a lot of non-engineering people who are very happy to see someone else get unemployed by automation for a change. The people who formerly were automating others out of a job are getting a taste of their own medicine.
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linotype • last Friday at 9:29 PM
Of course that would cause a tremendous drop in demand for the services the schaudenfreuden folks provide, hurting them as well.
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I am not an engineer and I expect my white collar job to be automated.
The reason to be excited economically for this is if it happens it will be massively deflationary. Pretending CEOs are just going to pocket the money is economically stupid.
Being able to use a super intelligence has been a long time dream too.
What is depressing is the amount of tech workers who have no interest in technological advancement.