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Bloomberg Opinion writer. Elected "top neoliberal shill" of 2018. Occasionally posts anime gifs.

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    Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 27

    Noah Smith Retweeted John Van Reenen

    Robots augment humans and make human labor more productive and valuable.https://twitter.com/johnvanreenen/status/1056198874279411714 …

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    John Van Reenen @johnvanreenen
    Industrial #robots increase wages for employees @physorg_com on @CEP_LSE @georggraetz & Michaels https://buff.ly/2z0VDw6 
    8:02 AM - 27 Oct 2018
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      2. Carolyn Horowitz‏ @ckhorowitz Oct 27
        Replying to @Noahpinion

        They increase the demand for higher skilled, higher paid blue collar workers to do maintenance, setup, etc.

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      3. Chris (Robotbeat) 🗽 🖖🏾‏ @Robotbeat Oct 27
        Replying to @ckhorowitz @Noahpinion

        And sometimes they also increase demand for lower skilled work as well.

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      4. Chris (Robotbeat) 🗽 🖖🏾‏ @Robotbeat Oct 27
        Replying to @Robotbeat @ckhorowitz @Noahpinion

        I’ve seen marketing material for industrial painting robots that claim they allow the use of lower skilled workers, and of course power looms enabled low skilled workers to produce vast amounts by tending multiple machines (to the chagrine of skilled loom weaver luddites).

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      5. Carolyn Horowitz‏ @ckhorowitz Oct 27
        Replying to @Robotbeat @Noahpinion

        True. The most advanced looms available require skilled weavers and loom mechanics - just not a lot of them. Their skill level is much higher than those doing assembly, for example. (Was Controller of a plant that had both assembly and weaving).

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      6. Carolyn Horowitz‏ @ckhorowitz Oct 27
        Replying to @ckhorowitz @Robotbeat @Noahpinion

        But they don’t have to babysit individual machines or manually control tension, etc. Loom monitoring systems, waterjet technology, etc., have made a world of difference.

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      1. EveryVote‏ @everyvote_prize Oct 27
        Replying to @Noahpinion

        So true...They’ve significantly improved colonial warehouse managementpic.twitter.com/u9uzN99z1a

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      1. Trash Panda Ministries Ⓐ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏ ‏‏ @Fruityboots Oct 27
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        As long as the robot respects me in the morning

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      1. Scott William‏ @SWM_in_SEA Oct 27
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        Sort of like flint axes did.

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      2. Christa Blackmon, But With A  🦃 Pun‏ @TheOdalisque Oct 27
        Replying to @Noahpinion

        But do they make it safer?

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      3. Carolyn Horowitz‏ @ckhorowitz Oct 27
        Replying to @TheOdalisque @Noahpinion

        In most factories, yes, provided people follow proper lock-out, tag-out procedures when doing maintenance, etc.

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      2. Henry‏ @Fdr1942 Oct 27
        Replying to @Noahpinion

        But likely increase inequality among humans

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      1. Bob MacGoun‏ @bobmacgoun Oct 27
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        Scary

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      1. Brian‏ @BStizzl Oct 27
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        If you provide glasses to an office of myopic employees and double their productivity, thereby only needing half of them, did the glasses take the jobs of the other half?

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      1. Brad ' 🐙 🌐' Hemak‏ @hemakhemak Oct 27
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        In fact the only way to increase economic output per person is with increased efficiency, such as augmenting human work with robotics.

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      1. Bull Moose‏ @BullMooseFuture Oct 27
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        I want shorter work weeks.

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