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agoodwinsmithSo, most people have seen this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU
and become anxious about their own job, or the jobs of their children.
And then today there is this
http://app.tmxmoney.com/news/cpnews/article?locale=EN&newsid=f41984&mobile=false
where a young man was crushed to death by a robot. And, human error or no, it is very scary.
On one hand, I suspect that some people with means will always want a staff they can boss around, and lording[1] it over a bunch of robots will just not be the same.
On another hand, do you notice that the young man is not an employee, but a contractor - no death benefits for you, pal - so the robots have already changed the style of remunerative relationship a plain person has with a producer of consumer goods. I mean: replacing people we have come to expect, but renaming people is not yet noticed. Serfs to subects to citizens to consumers to contractors.
On another hand, I have only seen this news article on a site with news of interest to investors (small-time, but nontheless). Mainstream media no longer reports most traffic deaths because they are common place. Is this now common place? What exact part of it is common place?
And then this hand, I am disturbed by this death, so I know there is more to think about it, but I don't know what.
[1] - yes, this is cliche; consider why it is cliche
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU
and become anxious about their own job, or the jobs of their children.
And then today there is this
http://app.tmxmoney.com/news/cpnews/article?locale=EN&newsid=f41984&mobile=false
where a young man was crushed to death by a robot. And, human error or no, it is very scary.
On one hand, I suspect that some people with means will always want a staff they can boss around, and lording[1] it over a bunch of robots will just not be the same.
On another hand, do you notice that the young man is not an employee, but a contractor - no death benefits for you, pal - so the robots have already changed the style of remunerative relationship a plain person has with a producer of consumer goods. I mean: replacing people we have come to expect, but renaming people is not yet noticed. Serfs to subects to citizens to consumers to contractors.
On another hand, I have only seen this news article on a site with news of interest to investors (small-time, but nontheless). Mainstream media no longer reports most traffic deaths because they are common place. Is this now common place? What exact part of it is common place?
And then this hand, I am disturbed by this death, so I know there is more to think about it, but I don't know what.
[1] - yes, this is cliche; consider why it is cliche
