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How will dumb people get jobs when all the boring jobs are automated?
Actually, a better question is, what jobs * can't * be automated?
@realcaseyrollins When automation will take over, we will generate more jobs in programming, computer science, electrical engineering.
Actually, the problem with automation is not only with dissolution of the jobs; the real problem, which people are not talking about, is rise in consumption of energy. Artificial intelligence and automation dramatically raise our energy consumption, and we are still reliant on non-renewables for most of our energy needs. We need to solve our energy problem first, fulfill the energy demand through renewable energy-resources, before our civilization witnesses a revolution in automation.
@crackurbones Nobody wants to use it (climate-change environmentalists most of all because the agenda is mostly about wealth redistribution) but nuclear power is the clear solution.
@crackurbones Also, what about the people who can't learn to code? Programming is not for everyone.
@realcaseyrollins > "can't learn to code".
That's not an excuse, really. Anybody from anywhere can learn anything. Programming is not so difficult. I know it looks intimidating seeing the code, but all the symbols have a meaning. Anyone can learn programming with a little guidance.
We must evolve as a society to be able to work with computers and program them to our needs.
@crackurbones what about when our AIs write our code for us, as they will inevitably do?
@crackurbones What? Why would the issue of dumb AIs lie in energy consumption, rather than poor programming and/or available datasets?
But this is a good point, that AIs are behind human brains (surprise!)
@realcaseyrollins The more we advance technologically, the greater our energy needs.
When AIs reach the stage that they are are able to program themselves, we will be needing much more energy to sustain our civilization than our current energy consumption.
@crackurbones Why will we need more energy only when AIs get better? I'm not seeing the connection.
@realcaseyrollins Not *only when AIs get better*.
AIs still are dumber than toddlers. It would take us probably a hundred more years before AIs take over our jobs. By that time, owing to industrialization, modernization and automation, we will need huge amounts of electrical energy to run our machines and power our homes.
@crackurbones Ah okay, that makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.
@realcaseyrollins Well, let's first develop AI to the extent that they have the intelligence of a toddler. ;)
We might never reach that era of autoprogrammed AIs unless we are able to harness all the energy from sun that the earth receives. (Type-1 on Kardashev scale: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale )
When we are a civilization that much technologically advanced, maybe humans can work on space exploration and voyages to interstellar space? The demand for people in STEM would never be ceased. Work will always be available, just different from the work we do now.