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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:44 PM Original message |
Serious hypothetical - what will you do when robots start taking a LOT of human jobs? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Get the job of making the robots. nt |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That's fine, but that will represent a fraction of the jobs taken by robots... |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. I would rather use a robot. In fact, I do ... to clean my floors |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 03:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. Oh yeah, and art's always been a great way to make a living... |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Since you obviously don't know, half the jobs in programming are |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
44. "Robots" have already taken many "human" jobs |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
57. Somebody will still have to clean the robots |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Can't robots build robots? nt |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. It's robots all the way down. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. My son loves robots.. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. It will never happen. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I consider myself a pessimist, but I doubt that. |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. They already have |
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Old Codger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. already |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I'm aware of this, but people don't see the inside of factories on a daily basis. |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
68. Eh, you'd be surprised how people adjust. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. My first question: |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Exciting as in terrifying. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I don't find it terrifying for some reason, don't know why. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 03:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
36. I don't think Terminator is utterly implausible... |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #36 |
55. None of us knows what will happen in the future.... |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
46. Have you seen the Animatrix? |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. Its a serious concern |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. I was replaced by a machine in 1974 |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, I think they are evil. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. That's been happening ever since the first power loom was |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. If they want to lie on a beach and drink margaritas, they're welcome to. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. a lot of the machines that are in plants today could be classified as robots |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. Continue to design the software that animates robots... -nt |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
21. Menial labor will always be there. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Not for long |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
69. Exactly. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
58. Exactly and there will always be the need for a human to make |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. I think "robots" have taken over jobs already. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
23. flipping burgers and coffee pourer? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. my husband's job is programming industrial robots |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. i'll work on developing a powerful/portable electro-magnetic pulse generator... |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm in the construction industry. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
27. Seriesly - what is your problem with metal people? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
47. Sympathies for the Cylons, eh? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
73. I'll take B... |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. artist. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Artists have already been replaced by robots. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
62. Hhaha...funny. I am in a BFA program now for graphic design |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Nice. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Nice. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. HELLO. Remember secretarial pools? Hundreds of typists ... |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 03:41 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Productivity is a euphemism of the wealthy for "more work for less pay" |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. How about this: |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. I'd rather destroy the current economic system than the promise of robotics |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 03:44 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. There have been massive leaps in technolofy in the last 30 years... |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #38 |
48. 1,000 years maybe |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. All humanity will be dead in 1000 years. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Um..the technological "miracles" of the last 30 years really aren't that great |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
39. Since robots will be repairing robots... |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
40. Ask the robot a paradoxical question |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
41. Carry powerful magnets around with me |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
42. Do you go out and destroy/sabotage tractors because of all the jobs they replaced |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
43. I'd join the luddite movement |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
49. Get a job building robots? n/t |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
50. Oh relax! You need never worry about robots taking jobs away |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #50 |
70. Sorry, but nothing is free. |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
51. I would say it is time to re-think the issue of "jobs"... |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #51 |
61. Because you can't do that |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #51 |
71. That's fine until the robots decide that humans are a problem that needs to be solved. |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
52. Maybe we will have more artists as robots are not creative. n/t |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:10 AM Original message |
1954 |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
53. If I have no job, cannot buy things robots make, robots lose job |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
56. I imagine I'll do what most of the workers |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
60. Create a religion for the robots and appoint myself as their GOD. n/t |
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Codedonkey (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. I like your thinking... |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
63. In the 70s, the "futurists" were worried about computers doing all the work |
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Codedonkey (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
66. I suppose just marry a rich robot that has an awesome job. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
72. hypothetical? |
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chixydix (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
74. Read the last chapter of "I Robot" |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
75. Come with me,if you want to live! |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
76. I will have the first good looking robot I see programmed to date me. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
77. Start breaking the robots, and then when enough people start doing that... |
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