Comment by dlmanning
3 hours ago
> Personally I strongly reject the idea that labor displacement is unethical.
Oh, well if you STRONGLY reject it I guess that's it.
> It will be a serious problem to deal with, but that doesn't make it unethical.
What WOULD make it unethical?
> The steam engine displaced labor. That doesn't make it unethical.
The steam engine also created new jobs to replace what it eliminated. It wasn't a mostly one-sided wealth transfer to the elite.
> The steam engine also created new jobs to replace what it eliminated. It wasn't a mostly one-sided wealth transfer to the elite.
Indeed.
You make my point for me.
What are those to be created jobs going to be doing that AI won't be able to?
There's two big differences with the steam machine: this change is happening much faster so society has much less time to adapt, and it's got a much wider scope. Steam machines only replaced a small category of jobs.