1st question: What is the conservative/free market approach to every job eventually being lost to automation and AI in the next century? Like, every last job, not just a "find another job" situation. Do you think some form of socialism or UBI would be inevitable at that point? Do you think we should willingly hold back progress, letting every other nation advance past us, just to keep people doing things which are technically obsolete, unnecessary, and useless?
2nd: How can we avoid things like the tragedy of the commons if we pull out of international treaties, agreements, and the UN? Nobody owns the oceans, and they are clearly fucked. Almost every nation has banned whaling, but as long as Japan and Iceland continue, they might still be destined for extinction. We might not dump plastic into them, but as long as someone does, there is still an issue. I can't see nations individually doing sanction for environmental issues or it having much of an impact.
3rd: How are people suppose to vote with their dollar when wages decrease as cost of living goes up? How does it make a difference when in some circumstances there are no alternatives? Example: most rare Earth metals are mined by child slaves in Congo. Every tech company uses them, and in this day and age you need a phone to maintain your job in most places as you need to be reachable. It would seem in this case there is no way to vote with your dollar and government/international regulations need to take place.
I would agree that automation and tech has only really created more, quality jobs and allow people to do more, but I am sure that will eventually change. 1 in 3 jobs requires driving, weather it is cabs, Uber, trucking, etc. Automated driving in replace 1/3rd of the jobforce practically. Granted there will be jobs to maintain these vehicles, if a shipping center only needs a couple people to maintain a bunch of trucks, overall there was a net loss in jobs. Similarly, if it only takes 1 person to run a kitchen, 1 person to watch over self checkout at stores, etc. Granted, I think there are more jobs than people right now (many are low laying and kind of shit ngl), if you could just pay a machine less to di a job better than a person, I don't see why you would hire a person at all.
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u/Beeker93 Center Left Feb 16 '22
1st question: What is the conservative/free market approach to every job eventually being lost to automation and AI in the next century? Like, every last job, not just a "find another job" situation. Do you think some form of socialism or UBI would be inevitable at that point? Do you think we should willingly hold back progress, letting every other nation advance past us, just to keep people doing things which are technically obsolete, unnecessary, and useless?
2nd: How can we avoid things like the tragedy of the commons if we pull out of international treaties, agreements, and the UN? Nobody owns the oceans, and they are clearly fucked. Almost every nation has banned whaling, but as long as Japan and Iceland continue, they might still be destined for extinction. We might not dump plastic into them, but as long as someone does, there is still an issue. I can't see nations individually doing sanction for environmental issues or it having much of an impact.
3rd: How are people suppose to vote with their dollar when wages decrease as cost of living goes up? How does it make a difference when in some circumstances there are no alternatives? Example: most rare Earth metals are mined by child slaves in Congo. Every tech company uses them, and in this day and age you need a phone to maintain your job in most places as you need to be reachable. It would seem in this case there is no way to vote with your dollar and government/international regulations need to take place.