Perhaps We Can Avoid Long-term Mass Unemployment
I love it when I’m wrong on the big existential crises. It hasn’t happened often, but it may have just happened on the biggest; the one which precipitated all of our efforts. (It in no…
Tag: technological unemployment
Robotic Evolution, Accelerating Automation, and Job Loss
Researchers have recently figured out how to impart hive learning capabilities to robots. It’s particularly applicable to the kinds of complex tasks that require observation, trial, error, learning and further trials. This will enable them…
Ominous Cascading Effects of Accelerating Automation
When one paid worker appears or disappears in a community, it causes what economists call a “multiplier effect”. This has historically been estimated at 5 times the salary of the worker. Here’s how it works:…
Technological unemployment of cats
We’ve been giving all of our attention to the crisis automation poses for HUMAN workers. But what about cats? They have many jobs, too: Greeter Bookends Footwarmers Relaxation appliances (purring) Seat warmer Masseuse (kneading with…
First Social Disruption from Technological Unemployment–a Warning
Donald Trump’s ascendancy in politics is certainly disruptive. It probably wouldn’t be happening if large numbers of well-paying middle class jobs hadn’t been outsourced in recent years, either permanently lost or replaced by minimum wage…