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Anonymous Coward User ID: 4458520 United States 11/07/2014 01:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Music written by robots. Humans will soon realize there's no reason to be proud of being human. We have no domain. We're just less advanced thinkers processing the chemical reactions in our brains. Suddenly the death by overdose of Soma in Brave New World makes sense. |
R... User ID: 572408 Netherlands 11/07/2014 01:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | prey on the insane tax/social welfare system. When governments install such a freak thing, and society sheeply obey, it's my right to suck it dry "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play." - 'Wargames' "This world is more like a mystery, trapped in a conundrum, spun by a paradox." - AC1118155 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 51934883 United States 11/07/2014 01:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The reason your job is going away is because you are too lazy and don't have any motivation to work. This is why Mexicans and foreigners are taking your jobs. Unlike YOU they are not selfish and are prepared to do an honest days work without complaining AND they don't belong to a union. Quoting: T_C Wrong If I, as a U.S. citizen, wants to work then I have to make enough to live on plus make enough to pay taxes. If illegal Mexican Pedro works in the same field as I do then he has to only make enough to live. He is not going to pay any taxes as long as he is being paid as a contractor in cash. Then again old Pedro doesn't even have to make enough to live on since half his income will come from Food stamps and welfare. It is why most illegal Mexicans are driving around in brand new SUVs So, you tell me how I am supposed to compete against old Pedro? I don't even understand why Illegal Mexicans want to become citizens since once they do then they are in "the system" and must get a SS card. Once in the System then they have to pay taxes and can no longer undercut anyone. I suspect the U.S. Government is playing the old "bait and switch" Get the illegal Mexicans in here and give them all sorts of freebies and then convince them to become citizens and then their free ride comes to a grinding stop. . |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 64471011 United States 11/07/2014 02:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "People always wonder what the next big thing is? In my personal opinion, I think the next big thing are software and electronic devices to replace human workers. The next big thing is a computer that can do 'anything'." "By the way, the goal of artificial intelligence is to bring the unemployment rate to 100 percent. What this means is that no human has to work anymore. Basic things like food, shelter and healthcare are free to the public. The universal artificial intelligence program is a software program that was designed to replace 'all' human jobs. The artificial intelligence in the UAI program is universal and can be applied to any type of human job." [link to www.humanai.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 64861965 Japan 11/07/2014 02:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Modern capitalism, Marxism, and fascism all evolved in the 20th century as a response to the explosion of technology during and following the industrial revolution of 18th and 19th centuries. After two extremely brutal World Wars and then the Cold War, the latter two had been discredited, and capitalism was the "last man standing." The new technology of the 18th and 19th centuries (everything from cotton-gins to factories to railroads, etc....) caused great upheavals in society as well as great prosperity. Some were winners, some were losers. A lot of people lost their old ways of life. The old systems of monarchy & feudalism became obsolete and most of the 20th century was an incredably brutal struggle to develop a new system to replace it. As stated above, by the late 20th century the winner seemed to be capitalism. Now we are witnessing an acceleration of technology with the information revolution. It's going to do the same thing to our world as the industrial revolution did to the old feudal world: Totally upend it and demand an entirely new ordering principle of society. Just as Marxism, Fascism, and Capitalism emerged and competed to be the replacements for feudalism, something new will come along to replace these ideologies, which are no longer relevant. I don't pretend to know what this new "something" is, but I assure you it will be as different from Capitalism and Socialism as those two are from Feudalism. Maybe more different. Probably, as before, its going to be a very bloody, chaotic, and brutal struggle to get there. Hold on to your hats. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 38476041 United States 11/07/2014 02:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Many will resort to terrorism. Robbery. Primarily targeting the wealthy. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14620252 Oh, absolutely. Not just gangs, but whole militas, armies made up of people with nothing to lose. It sounds like utopia. Robots will do all labor and we will have more free time (labor less weekends were unheard at one point.) I wonder how futurist will make their money to buy things. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 60336614 Canada 11/07/2014 03:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Many will resort to terrorism. Robbery. Primarily targeting the wealthy. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14620252 Oh, absolutely. Not just gangs, but whole militas, armies made up of people with nothing to lose. It sounds like utopia. Robots will do all labor and we will have more free time (labor less weekends were unheard at one point.) I wonder how futurist will make their money to buy things. Wow. I can't even. Not in this universe. Maybe in some dream parallel universe yes, but in this universe, our leaders actually try to kill us. |
4xcharmd User ID: 60964458 United States 11/07/2014 04:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My job will never go away... if anything, the demand is only increasing and caseloads becomming more unbearable. As long as there are crazy people in the world, courts demanding psych evals and kids who need help choosing careers, I'll always have job security. |
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4xcharmd User ID: 60964458 United States 11/07/2014 04:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm the one who convinces judges and juries that people are crazy and need to be locked in a cage... they're easier to convince than the actual crazy people themselves. Sometimes I'm asked to convince judges and juries that crazy people's behavior should be excused because they're crazy... but I don't take bribes. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 64189593 United States 11/07/2014 05:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm the one who convinces judges and juries that people are crazy and need to be locked in a cage... they're easier to convince than the actual crazy people themselves. Quoting: 4xcharmd Sometimes I'm asked to convince judges and juries that crazy people's behavior should be excused because they're crazy... but I don't take bribes. I appreciate what you're saying, it's just that it's actually a bit frightening, and really this ease which you talk about is one of the reasons I think everyone should be armed. Too many nut cases, pretending to be normal people, are all too willing to lock someone else up without much thought about their action. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1195264 Norway 11/07/2014 05:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Low oil-prices are staring to hurt the Norwegian economy badly. Many are losing their jobs now, both in the oil and in businesses only remotely related to the oil. I earn $100.000 a year before tax, $6200 pr. month after tax, and have 3-3.5 years net income in savings. After that, I hope I have managed to re-educate myself or gotten an equivalent job elsewhere. |
4xcharmd User ID: 60964458 United States 11/07/2014 05:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is the same girl who CPS sought a court order 4 weeks earlier that stated the girl was not to be left alone with the infant. Her mother was supposed to have temp custody and make sure that child was supervised at all times. Mom was in NY with her bf the night the baby was killed and the girl was left home alone all weekend with the baby. Her defense is arguing she should be shown mercy because she had a rough life and bad upbringing. Are these the kind of people who should be armed... just in case someone wants to take their rights. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 63638325 United States 11/07/2014 06:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | . Quoting: . 17961376 As long as our world is mechanized people like me will be able to find work Fixing and repairing the Equipment when it Fails or Breaks. The Life of a Master Service Technician(HVAC,Refrigeration, Heating/Cooling PP, Building Control Systems Etc.) So A Few of Us are Safe. . EHHHHHHHHHHH Wrong. Hey genius, when all the people who DO lose their jobs to robots in just the next 5 years what do you think those people are all gonna do? They are gonna say hey look, I'll get into ________ industry that hasnt been automated YET..... what will that do? it will make finding a job in that industry 10 times harder, and drive down the value of the labor. Robots are coming that will be able to do 90% of the jobs in about 10 years, 2025. Capitalism Is Fucked someone who gets it. thank god. I've been telling people for quite awhile. the world is ending. either there will be some type of catastrophe that destroys civilization or civilization will continue to progress and in ten years automation/ai will destroy our world. Whatever remains will be... it'll be like we were colonized by aliens or something. which to me = end of the world. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 31069498 United States 11/07/2014 06:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | . Quoting: . 17961376 As long as our world is mechanized people like me will be able to find work Fixing and repairing the Equipment when it Fails or Breaks. The Life of a Master Service Technician(HVAC,Refrigeration, Heating/Cooling PP, Building Control Systems Etc.) So A Few of Us are Safe. . EHHHHHHHHHHH Wrong. Hey genius, when all the people who DO lose their jobs to robots in just the next 5 years what do you think those people are all gonna do? They are gonna say hey look, I'll get into ________ industry that hasnt been automated YET..... what will that do? it will make finding a job in that industry 10 times harder, and drive down the value of the labor. Robots are coming that will be able to do 90% of the jobs in about 10 years, 2025. Capitalism Is Fucked Right. I'm sure all master tech's will take on anyone who wants to become an apprentice. ------ Kids these days do not want to become an apprentice, nor do most kids have the patience to become an apprentice. Nor do they want to dig ditches in places where machines cannot work or where machines cannot do the work that one skilled person can. Plumbers will always be in demand, because the poo has to keep flowing. I am the last apprentice to actually make it in the shop I'm with. I graduated in 2001 and since then we've had a slew of apprentices come through only to be fired or laid off and not stick as a journeyman. You're right from where I'm sitting. ------ |