Morally, economic benefits are not a sufficient reason to create robots that replace human labor. Surprising lack of consensus on this.
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Self-driving cars will save many lives, so I support them whole heartedly despite the human labor displacement they will cause
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Fortunately, the car labor displacement will take >10 years. We have time to adapt if we focus on it
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Among thoughtful people, the only disconnect I sense is between those who assume greater societal wealth lifts all vs. those who don't.
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Given what we know about wealth distribution after the last crash, I'm in the second camp. But it's all backed by moral arguments*
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Exactly! This is why I'm pushing people to talk about morality of automation. Robots can do many things. Morality should guide your choices
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This is a *very* old econ debate; huge literature.
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In this example you might consider lives lost to accidents vs. lives lost to displacement costs (assuming we do it badly again).
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What's the potential for loss of life due to addiction/violence/despair for folks who previously drove freight?
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Tip of the iceberg. Hugely complex, but first-and-second order effects basically always make me want to impose wealth taxes.
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Yes this has led me straight to UBI. We should do UBI now IMO. The ultimate labor replacement is inevitable as many will act immorally
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