"Ito: It’s actually nonintuitive which jobs get displaced, because I would bet if you had a computer that understood the medical system, was very good at diagnostics and such, the nurse or the pharmacist is less likely than the doctor to be replaced—they are less expensive. There are actually very high-level jobs, things like lawyers or auditors, that might disappear. Whereas a lot of the service businesses, the arts, and occupations that computers aren’t well suited for won’t be replaced. I don’t know what you think about universal basic income, but as we start to see people getting displaced there’s also this idea that we can look at other models—like academia or the arts, where people have a purpose that isn’t tied directly to money. I think one of the problems is that there’s this general notion of, how can you be smart if you don’t have any money? In academia, I see a lot of smart people without money."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Technological_unemployment
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Technological unemployment
7 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Technological unemployment →
Related Quotes
"We refer to the question: What sort of creature man’s next successor in the supremacy of the earth is likely to be. W…"
"But you have one thing that may save you, and that is your youth. This is your great strength. It is also why I hate …"
"Among the most viable of all economic delusions is the belief that machines on net balance create unemployment. Destr…"
"Suppose a clothing manufacturer learns of a machine that will make men’s and women’s overcoats for half as much labor…"
"In brief, on net balance, machines, technological improvements, economies and efficiency do not throw men out of work."
"Obama: [M]ost people aren’t spending a lot of time right now worrying about singularity—they are worrying about “Well…"
"For years, Beijing’s defenders insisted that testimonies from Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tibetan survivors were fabr…"
"Money is a new and terrible form of slavery, and like the old form of personal slavery it demoralizes both slave and …"
"Carbonization drives off moisture... with... low molecular weight organic compounds... from extractives and... pyroly…"
"has not been generally used as a feedstock in simple thermal cracking... because the decomposition temperature is too…"