(12-04-2017, 02:00 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(12-04-2017, 07:06 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: Skynet!! I think it is important to have a plan for workers displaced by robots. Not so much the teenager replaced by a kiosk at McDonald's, but the 50 year old making widgets at a factory. Automation sparks so many conversations including robot tax, and how the federal government will intervene in AI progress to ensure they get their cut. It will be interesting to see where it goes

Exactly the point above, an increasingly large percentage of our population will be unemployable in the near future. How do we accommodate those who would work but are not capable? We cannot let people just starve either.

I don't have the answer, and have this conversation a lot with a buddy of mine. You can go one way with the government providing everybody with a "living wage", but we all know that will be abused worse than welfare and food stamps. On the other hand, the displaced workers need somewhere to go, otherwise they will do whatever is necessary to protect and feed their families, which likely includes harming other people. 

It is an issue that each administration will probably be kicking down the road until it really comes to a head.

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