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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Anything that you actually recommend? I note that morality was rarely considered during manufacturing globalization. Bad outcomes all over
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Hey, sorry, just getting back to this The data is conflicted at the limit. To what extent does growth depend on the safety net? Vice versa?
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What metric to use for growth? Nominal GDP? PPP for the median worker? Distribution of the income/wealth curve?
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Things like UBI are conflicted in 2 senses: 1.) we don't understand impact (good news: tests happening!) 2.) wealth interest groups against
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UBI is often something wealthy Bay Area residents toss around as a "solution" while supporting lobbying against tax & building infra/homes
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