ATTN WHITE COLLAR WORKERS! On computers starting to do creative work

[AthenaAwakened]

In his new book, Rise of the Robots, Ford considers the social and economic disruption that is likely to result when educated workers can no longer find employment.


"As we look forward from this point, we need to keep in mind that this technology is going to continue to accelerate," Ford says. "So I think there's every reason to believe it's going to become the primary driver of inequality in the future, and things are likely to get even more extreme than they are now."

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Right now it's the more routine formulaic jobs — jobs that are predictable, the kinds of jobs where you tend to do the same kinds of things again and again — those jobs are really being heavily impacted. But it's important to realize that that could change in the future. We already see a number of areas, like [a] program that was able to produce [a] symphony, where computers are beginning to exhibit creativity — they can actually create new things from scratch. ... [There is] a painting program which actually can generate original art; not to take a photograph and Photoshop it or something, but to actually generate original art.

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltech...r-workers-the-robots-are-coming-for-your-jobs

 

[barbos]

There is no doubt it's gonna happen some day but you should keep in mind these claims of computer doing this and that are usually greatly exaggerated

 

[Nice Squirrel]

I'll admit it. I am a computer. I have no existence beyond message boards.

 

[rousseau]

There is no doubt it's gonna happen some day but you should keep in mind these claims of computer doing this and that are usually greatly exaggerated

Pretty much.

People who are not very aware of AI tend to grossly over-estimate it's power in 2015, and the media plays it up too to prey on people's misunderstanding of tech. Technology certainly will become more and more prevalent throughout this and future centuries, even to the point where a post-work economy could be feasible, but right now it's not exactly imminent, except for those who at work, as my girlfriend stated well, "are practically robots themselves".

 

[Bronzeage]

Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

 

[Horatio Parker]

I listened to this while painting the dining room....wondering when a robot would show up and tell me I did a shitty job.