Chapter 17
Engaging in Human Endeavors
IN THIS CHAPTER
Getting paid in space
Building cities in new locations
Enhancing human capabilities
Fixing our planet
When people view news about robots and other automation created by advances in technology, such as AI, they tend to see the negative more than the positive. For example, the article at https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/30/16719092/automation-robots-jobs-global-800-million-forecast states that using automation will cost between 400 million and 800 million jobs by 2030. It then goes on to tell how these jobs will disappear. A somewhat more measured article at https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/a-new-study-measures-actual-impact-robots-jobs-its-significant states that robots have cost us 400,000 so far, but it also states bluntly that robots are also lowering wages. The problem is that most of these articles are quite definite when it comes to job losses, but nebulous, at best, when speaking of job creation. The overall goal of this chapter is to clear away the hype, disinformation, and outright fear mongering with some ...
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