Re: “Somehow, the work has always expanded to use most of the population of working age.”
Machines are still very stupid in many work-related domains—relative to humans. The issue of what on earth the unemployed will do is likely to arise with greater acuity once machine capabilities shoot past our own in most industry-related domains—retail, farming, distribution, mining, etc.
Re: “Somehow, the work has always expanded to use most of the population of working age.”
Machines are still very stupid in many work-related domains—relative to humans. The issue of what on earth the unemployed will do is likely to arise with greater acuity once machine capabilities shoot past our own in most industry-related domains—retail, farming, distribution, mining, etc.
I go into these issues on: http://alife.co.uk/essays/will_machines_take_our_jobs/