Let’s prepare now for the job apocalypse
A new Industrial Revolution is beginning. With our experience from the earlier ones, we can navigate through it to a prosperous future – without the suffering of previous ones.
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Sexbots will wreck marriage and save the economy
Sexbots are the next wave of entertainment tech. They will be bad for marriage but good for the economy.
Is our future Star Trek or the dystopian Jupiter Ascending?
The new industrial revolution now beginning puts us on the path to a future without markets. This post looks at improbable aspects of this vision, including the robot revolt, and asks if our future will resemble the dystopia of Jupiter Ascending more than Star Trek. It will be our choice.
Experts look at the future of sexbots and society, but can’t see it
Summary: Sexbots have hit the a milestone, with a serious think tank report exploring the state of the art and what we can expect to come next. It is fun in a pear-clutching kind of way. Despite the long report, experts refuse to consider their potential impacts. We still cannot begin to see how radically …
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The new industrial revolution has begun. Research shows more robots = fewer jobs.
Summary: Here is a milestone economics paper, showing that the new wave of automation is already a net destroyer of jobs. The next industrial revolution has begun, and the effects will accelerate from here. We have to start thinking about ways to divide the new wealth it produces — and handle the massive unemployment. “On …
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