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The point is, machines are currently in the process of largely taking over physical labor, and we're not too far removed from a time when they will take over intellectual labor. It is inevitable.
that would be great, I would love extended vacations to Jupiter or Saturn... even exploring other parts of the galaxy... it is definitely inevitable but not in my lifetime... sadly...
that would be great, I would love extended vacations to Jupiter or Saturn... even exploring other parts of the galaxy... it is definitely inevitable but not in my lifetime... sadly...
I agree it sounds enticing. Humans need challenge, struggle, battle, danger. Will a world where there's little work left for most be able to provide that?
I agree it sounds enticing. Humans need challenge, struggle, battle, danger. Will a world where there's little work left for most be able to provide that?
I was born during the wrong time period... I could always have myself frozen... no thanks...
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I am sure they are going to have a Linksys router they can just unplug it and plug it back in. Lol.
they will have Techs on hand, that's the point you trade low paying cashier jobs for higher paying tech jobs albeit less of them , not necessarily a bad thing.
Im sure they will have an apple set up where everyone working there goes through a training program, but sometimes the techs cant fix everything, like a power outage or the wifi becoming spotty because of usage in the area.
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LOL! If they have an oz of technical sense, which I don't doubt they do, the only way to shut down their WiFi is sending in a shock wave of EMP. Their WiFi may still function just fine even if you blow their store.
That's called redundancy and high availability. 101 in the IT world.
I have worked in retail, specifically with a chain that tried something similar to this with QR codes(remember those).
The wifi not working for one day with a company glitch pretty much ended this idea as the test stores saw their sales plummet and didnt recover.
There were 20 stores that did this, i think 8 of them had to close down completely.
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Back when, there was almost universal predictions that an online bookstore would not survive.
Back when, no shortage of people who predicted one- click shopping would never be successful.
I never argued that people dont like it, im saying there is a flaw to the idea.
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