A future where everything is automated...
Discussion
Morning!
For some reason I couldn't sleep and ended up on the usual youtube web quest, eventually coming across this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU. It explains a future where everything (no, really, everything) is automated which eventually means that jobs / humans become obsolete. I know there's a youtube thread but I was hoping for more of a discussion around the concept. What happens afterwards? What will humans be for in that case?
I'm fairly sure my job is already in the process changing, it might be a few years yet but there's no reason it shouldn't be taken out of human hands once people get their heads around it, not to mention that when there's automated cars around, there shouldn't be any need for Stability Control Systems and ABS to get them out of the accidents they didn't get into in the first place!
I think the film 'Her' also raises some interesting concepts around this subject but on the virtual side of things. No spoilers for those who've not seen it but totally should have by now.
(The flaw is electricity of course; if we run out of electricity first then the whole concept is screwed.)
For some reason I couldn't sleep and ended up on the usual youtube web quest, eventually coming across this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU. It explains a future where everything (no, really, everything) is automated which eventually means that jobs / humans become obsolete. I know there's a youtube thread but I was hoping for more of a discussion around the concept. What happens afterwards? What will humans be for in that case?
I'm fairly sure my job is already in the process changing, it might be a few years yet but there's no reason it shouldn't be taken out of human hands once people get their heads around it, not to mention that when there's automated cars around, there shouldn't be any need for Stability Control Systems and ABS to get them out of the accidents they didn't get into in the first place!
I think the film 'Her' also raises some interesting concepts around this subject but on the virtual side of things. No spoilers for those who've not seen it but totally should have by now.
(The flaw is electricity of course; if we run out of electricity first then the whole concept is screwed.)
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