Bill Gates: Yes, robots really are about to take your jobs(news.yahoo.com)

14 pointsby jaouedvor 12 Jahren6 comments

news.yahoo.com

Bill Gates: Yes, robots really are about to take your jobs

https://news.yahoo.com/bill-gates-yes-robots-really-jobs-180449215.html

6 comments

From the article: "As for what governments should do to prevent social unrest in the wake of mass unemployment, the Microsoft cofounder said that they should basically get on their knees and beg businesses to keep employing humans over algorithms. This means eliminating payroll and corporate income taxes while also scrapping the minimum wage so that businesses will feel comfortable employing people at dirt-cheap wages instead of outsourcing their jobs to an iPad."

I'm sorry, WHAT? Is this some kind of a joke?

I would love to see iPads create enough demand, when one can argue that NOW we have to supplement our buying power by taking on unsustainable debt, both private and public

lozfvor 12 Jahren

Relevant, from earlier this year: [Humans Need Not Apply](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU) (15:00)

anonbankervor 12 Jahren

This means the system of using human labor to keep an economy going is nearing an end. I can't wait to see what replaces it.

eli_gottliebvor 12 Jahren

And it's about fucking time. Now people can get on with all the fun and meaningful things in life instead of idiotic drudgery.

lozfvor 12 Jahren

That's the future that science fiction has been promising us for decades... Alas I fear the reality will be much harsher for the majority of people.

eli_gottliebvor 12 Jahren

You act as if we have no actual influence over what happens. Pick your target and get to work, I'd say.

illicitvor 12 Jahren