Society will adapt to automation as it developes, and I predict that a dole will emerge everywhere; though the the process of getting there will certainly have its dramas
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Piaget Modeler <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Why won't we let them do any work so that human beings > > never ever have to work again? Isn't that wonderful? :-) > > > > - NA > > Only wonderful if we live in Switzerland where the government > guarantees 2,500 francs per person. In other countries where > automation is replacing jobs, and there is no such income guarantee > people will just exhaust their unemployment insurance then go > hungry. Not so wonderful. > > ~PM > > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-deec6279> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- Capt. James T. Kirk "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery / None but ourselves can free our minds" -- Robert Nesta Marley ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
