The hidden automation agenda of the Davos elite (Mexicans, illegal, polls)

[Clarallel]

Oh, no! A hidden agenda? Say it ain't so!


The Automation Agenda Hidden by the Davos Elite
By Kevin Roose

In public, many executives wring their hands over the negative consequences that artificial intelligence and automation could have for workers. But in private settings, these executives tell a different story.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/t...mic-forum.html

https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjourn...vos-elite.html

[sanspeur]

Originally Posted by Clarallel

Oh, no! A hidden agenda? Say it ain't so!


The Automation Agenda Hidden by the Davos Elite
By Kevin Roose

In public, many executives wring their hands over the negative consequences that artificial intelligence and automation could have for workers. But in private settings, these executives tell a different story.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/t...mic-forum.html

https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjourn...vos-elite.html

Very short term thinking...Every employee they eliminate is a consumer they lose.

[momonkey]

Originally Posted by Clarallel

Oh, no! A hidden agenda? Say it ain't so!


The Automation Agenda Hidden by the Davos Elite
By Kevin Roose

In public, many executives wring their hands over the negative consequences that artificial intelligence and automation could have for workers. But in private settings, these executives tell a different story.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/t...mic-forum.html

https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjourn...vos-elite.html

I make a good living maintaining automated systems.

Right now, we are enjoying unlimited voluntary overtime.

That's because we can't find enough new employees to make-up for the ones that got picked-off by other companies.

If you want a bright future, if you want to be in demand, learn automation.

[CCbaxter]

It’s not so hidden. I am socializing my AI replacent with my clients right now.
I figure I have 3 years.

[momonkey]

Originally Posted by sanspeur

Very short term thinking...Every employee they eliminate is a consumer they lose.

Yeah, but coal miners are obsolete, right?

As usual, leftists can't maintain a consistent standard because they don't stand for anything except expansion of the state bureaucracy.

[arctichomesteader]

Originally Posted by momonkey

Yeah, but coal miners are obsolete, right?

As usual, leftists can't maintain a consistent standard because they don't stand for anything except expansion of the state bureaucracy.

Poor example since coal mining kills the miners and poisons the land and water. Not everything is justified that preserves jobs.

[CCbaxter]

Originally Posted by momonkey

Yeah, but coal miners are obsolete, right?

As usual, leftists can't maintain a consistent standard because they don't stand for anything except expansion of the state bureaucracy.

Yes they are. Wanna start talking about UBI?

Bet not.

[Milky Way Resident]

That’s something that can trace its origin to the Industrial Revolution. It’s bound to happen as companies try to maximize their profits. The easiest way for them to do that is through automation.

[BruSan]

Originally Posted by momonkey

Yeah, but coal miners are obsolete, right?

As usual, leftists can't maintain a consistent standard because they don't stand for anything except expansion of the state bureaucracy.

Still carding cotton by hand are we?

[chopchop0]

Ai and automation won't bring disaffected rural voters to the polls the way blaming the Chinese and Mexicans will for job losses.

Even if automation did kill way more jobs than any illegal immigrant or Chinese manufacturer could.

https://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr...al-immigrants/