mhhf1ve
8/8/2017 7:50:40 PM
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always 30 years in the future.. until now?

Strong AI used to be a "future technology" that was always 30 years away.. like nuclear fusion energy tech still is. But it looks like it might be becoming more practical for robotics and other software applications... and maybe take over the world, if it improves as fast as hardware has.

Hopefully, we'll have benevolent AI... and not the kind that will extinguish us (or let us extinguish ourselves).

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srufolo1
8/9/2017 1:28:20 AM
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AI: Seizing the Prize

New jobs created by AI would probably be jobs that have to do with AI, which would be mostly technology jobs. Other service jobs would fall by the wayside. Over the years, I've seen retail clerks in supermarkets, etc ... diminish, and even fewer bank tellers. I don't know what they've been replaced with (well maybe self-scanning guns in supermarkets), but it doesn't improve things when there are long lines.

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clrmoney
8/9/2017 7:26:14 AM
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Less Investment for AI

Trillions on AI I don't think she even AI is very interesting but I know they have o be better alternative ways for AI for us and them.

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Ariella
8/9/2017 2:54:12 PM
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Re: AI: Seizing the Prize

My thoughts exactly @srulofo. The new jobs created will require advanced technical skills and so will not be open to many of the people displaced by automation.

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Ariella
8/9/2017 3:05:10 PM
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Re: always 30 years in the future.. until now?

@mhhf1ve that depends on whether your views are more in sync with Elon Musk or with Mark Zuckerberg.

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afwriter
8/9/2017 4:30:41 PM
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Re: always 30 years in the future.. until now?

@mhhf1ve what do you mean by "take over the world"? Haha. Seriously though, I agree that this is a fascinating time and I like the analogy that it has always been 30 years into the future until now.

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afwriter
8/9/2017 4:33:17 PM
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Re: AI: Seizing the Prize

There will probably be a few unskilled repair and maintenance jobs but for the most part, it will probably be writing software, debugging, etc. There is also the initial manufacturing of parts that could be considered unskilled labor.

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afwriter
8/9/2017 4:34:15 PM
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Re: AI: Seizing the Prize

"well maybe self-scanning guns in supermarkets"

and they still have a human there to help when the gun goes wonky.

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srufolo1
8/9/2017 5:30:10 PM
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Re: AI: Seizing the Prize

@afwriter True. And those scanning guns go "wonky" a lot. They have technical problems just as you're finishing your entire order, forcing you to scan everything at the counter anyway. Also, I always get behind a 100-year-old when I'm in a hurry who thought they knew how to work the gun, but did not.

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Ariella
8/10/2017 8:41:44 AM
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Re: AI: Seizing the Prize

@afwriter I consider repair and maintenance to be skilled work. Obviously, yes, even if IoT signals let people know which machines need that, someone will have to tend to it. The jobs more likley to be lost are those involving the simpler labor of moving things around a warehouse or assembling parts in a factory.

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