We can't all be programmers, and even if we could, there aren't enough programming jobs anyway.
RobertSF on theatlantic.com
The end result is that a lot of jobs that needed manpower simply don't anymore.
cube13 on news.ycombinator.com
Management goals
It is not going to reverse as profit for companies overweight what the people need.
Barb The Artist on theatlantic.com
That what tries to displace me becomes my enemy. I’ll try kill it.
Khannea Suntzu on singularityhub.com
I'm pretty sure people said the same thing when Gutenberg developed the printing press. There's no "Second Economy".
ekianjo on news.ycombinator.com
Answers
Among the most viable of all economic delusions is the belief that machines on net balance create unemployment. Destroyed a thousand times, it has risen a thousand times out of its own ashes as hardy and vigorous as ever.
danbeaulieu on singularityhub.com
It is possible that successful automation will eventually outpace the ability of the masses to retrain and adapt.
flatline on news.ycombinator.com
Yea it's all fun and games until Skynet activates. (Next year by my calculations...)
Jacob Ford on theatlantic.com
Did computers and email eliminate the secretaries that filled every office in the 1960s and 1970s?
