> AI not only takes jobs away from creatives such as illustrators
Why do these people deserve protection from automation any more than all the millions of people who worked other jobs tat were eliminated by automation up to this point?
Why do these people deserve protection from automation any more than all the millions of people who worked other jobs tat were eliminated by automation up to this point?
You got it!!! All those other people DO deserve protection from automation! But our society made a mistake and pushed them out. Many communities were destroyed by efficient automation and guess what, efficient automation via cars and vehicles is what caused our most immense disaster now, the climate crisis.
We made a mistake by creating so much automation. We should strive to recreate smaller communities in which more creative AND manual tasks are appreciated.
Those exist?
So you're volunteering to become a stoop-labor agricultural serf, then?
Why are you the one who gets to decide how much is "too much"?
> And nothing about removing automation implies going back into serfdom.
Sure, just because essentially every society above the level of hunter-gatherers has had some kind of peasant/serf/slave doesn't mean that your utopia will.
But that's not the way to bet, my friend.
What we're getting instead is the automation of those creative endeavours, while leaving a "gap" of repetitive, mind numbing work (like labelling data or doing basic physical tasks like "picking" goods in an Amazon warehouse) that still has to be done by humans.
Hand weaving is a creative endeavor, but almost no one makes a living from hand weaving today. People still do it for fun, though.
The upside there is that most people are able to afford more than two sets of clothing (one for daily wear, one for church, weddings, funerals, etc.).
When we're getting rid of assembly line jobs, or checkout counter staff, or data entry clerks, or any other job that we know is demeaning and boring, we can convince ourselves that the thousands/millions put out of work are an unfortunate side effect of progress. Oh sure, the loss of jobs sucks, but no one should have to do those jobs anyway, right? The next generation will be better off, surely. We're just closing the door behind us. And maybe if our economic system didn't suck so much, we would take care of these people.
But when creatives start getting replaced, well, that's different. Many people dream of moving into the creative industry, not out of it. Now it feels like the door is closing ahead of us, not behind us.
/s
My "Plan B" is becoming an electrician.