(01-24-2019, 10:19 PM)TJBender Wrote:

(01-24-2019, 09:31 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/gu...ssion=true

Good read

I'm not sure I like that concept, although it's been inevitable for a long time. 30M jobs lost to AI. For one, I don't know what the economy does with 30M people who've lost their job to a robot and lack the skills for a job a robot can't do. Do we fall into some kind of socialist hell where 25% of the country is unemployed and not going to be employed again anytime soon? Do salaries drop across the board because if I won't take $50k/yr for that senior managerial job, they bet the former McDonald's shift leader will? And, most concerningly, once the robots have conquered McDonald's, they'll go for the launch codes. Bang. Skynet.

Democrats will love it. It will give them more ammunition for a "living wage" for all and make even more people rely on the government. 

I have been saying for years the federal government will implement a "robot tax" at some point.

Bottom line as it relates to this article, force employers to pay 15 an hour, AI will be fast tracked

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