There will always be a need for human intelligence. As human intelligence gets encoded into routine functions, productivity rises while fewer and fewer people are needed in the labour force. Good or bad? Depends on how we distribute "the new wealth of nations"
arthur -----Original Message----- From: Harry Pollard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 8, 2003 4:09 AM To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Futurework] Future Teaching Arthur, who establishes the codes? Harry ******************************************** Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 Tel: 818 352-4141 -- Fax: 818 353-2242 http://haledward.home.comcast.net ******************************************** -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 1:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Futurework] Future Teaching As the saying goes, the smarter the machine the dumber need be the operator. With machine intelligence there will be little need for operators to know anything but punching in the codes--this goes for computerized machine tools or smart microwaves or smart cars. Arthur --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.548 / Virus Database: 341 - Release Date: 12/5/2003 _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
