The Boy Who Cried Robot: A World Without Work

[DGuller]

The jobs will come as long as there are not impediments to the market clearing.  Whether we will be happy with the pay is another question.

I think there are a lot of assumption hidden behind that certainty.  Assumptions that so far have not been violated significantly, but there is no guarantee that this state of things will continue indefinitely.

[Admiral Yi]

I think there are a lot of assumption hidden behind that certainty.  Assumptions that so far have not been violated significantly, but there is no guarantee that this state of things will continue indefinitely.

I think the only assumptions my conclusion requires are that human labor has non zero value, and that capital does not have infinite value.

[DGuller]

I think there are a lot of assumption hidden behind that certainty.  Assumptions that so far have not been violated significantly, but there is no guarantee that this state of things will continue indefinitely.

I think the only assumptions my conclusion requires are that human labor has non zero value, and that capital does not have infinite value.

At least one other assumption seems to be that human labor has zero cost to the provider.

[Admiral Yi]

At least one other assumption seems to be that human labor has zero cost to the provider.

I don't follow.  By provider I assume you mean the worker?

[DGuller]

At least one other assumption seems to be that human labor has zero cost to the provider.

I don't follow.  By provider I assume you mean the worker?

Yes.

[Admiral Yi]

OK, I get it.  You're talking about labor value less than subsistence.

It would be helpful if sometimes you weren't so opaque.

[alfred russel]

OK, I get it.  You're talking about labor value less than subsistence.

It would be helpful if sometimes you weren't so opaque.

Says the guy with random nicknames for people I don't remember and obscure references for events.

[viper37]

OK, I get it.  You're talking about labor value less than subsistence.

It would be helpful if sometimes you weren't so opaque.

Says the guy with random nicknames for people I don't remember and obscure references for events.

+1000

[Eddie Teach]

What American HVC and Tom Skerritt said.

[Admiral Yi]

Fuck all y'all.

[grumbler]

Fuck all y'all.

No sense getting mad at Squishy for simply being fad. 

[MadImmortalMan]

At least one other assumption seems to be that human labor has zero cost to the provider.

I don't follow.  By provider I assume you mean the worker?

Yes.

But that's not true. It costs calories. And time. The the byproducts of the calories consumed, and the waste disposal costs of those. And in some cases educational investment. And the calories and time and resources involved with that.

Really, if it only costed the time, it would still be the most valuable thing a person has to trade.

[jimmy olsen]

A look into your future!

https://willrobotstakemyjob.com/

[Caliga]

Totally safe.

[CountDeMoney]

I don't have to worry about whether robots will take my job.  Rich people already took it to get richier.