Tim O'Reilly on Twitter: "Will automation beget a jobless wasteland or more stimulating, creative employment? That's up for debate. http://t.co/HgHEipUIFJ"

Sarfaraz Mulla ‏@sarfarazmulla Feb 9

@timoreilly Humans always have been creative.Its the assembly line that made us #boring.We are still distant from creating emotional #bots
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okfinewhatever ‏@lllxlxlxlxlll Feb 9

@timoreilly "...automation’s fundamental purpose has..been: to increase management profits." I'll just put this out there "Automate the 1%"
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Wil ‏@darksirikan Feb 9

@timoreilly Automation will create more high skill jobs though. There is always a need for someone to fix it.
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John Perser ‏@jrperser Feb 9

@timoreilly Only for those prepared to take advantage. Automation eliminates blue collar jobs.
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David Bolter ‏@davidbolter Feb 9

@timoreilly and will the debate be among AI?
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Iben Rodriguez ‏@iben Feb 9

@timoreilly the customer can select flavors and options. Look at froyo, cloud, telsa etc. You will find options + automation = quality
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Tony Thelen ‏@TonyThelen Feb 9

@timoreilly if history rhymes, this concern was aired in 1949 by Norbert Wiener to Walter Reuther in the auto industry. #Innovation
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Jim Stogdill ‏@jstogdill Feb 9

@TonyThelen @timoreilly Yes it was. And the question I ponder is "Was he wrong, or early?"
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Singularity Utopia ‏@2045singularity Feb 9

@timoreilly the future is zero jobs, total automation, which means after #BasicIncome everything will be free. Nobody will need to work.
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Kevin O'Marah ‏@komarah Feb 9

@timoreilly the future lies in art
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Yaniv Tal ‏@yanivtalmusic Feb 9

@timoreilly Fear of automation only holds us back. In the limit AI will take most jobs. We'll need a social restructuring and we'll be fine.
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Apiary15 ‏@Apiary15 Feb 9

More creative RT @timoreilly: Will automation beget a jobless wasteland or more stimulating, creative employment? http://oreil.ly/1d8K46o
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Jim Stogdill ‏@jstogdill Feb 9

@yanivtalmusic @timoreilly "We'll need a social restructuring." I have to chuckle at that. The history if social restructuring != "fine."
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Yaniv Tal ‏@yanivtalmusic Feb 9

@jstogdill @timoreilly yes, because humans can't improve and the future is bleak. have we ever tried with total info awareness ie internet?
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Yaniv Tal ‏@yanivtalmusic Feb 9

@jstogdill @timoreilly luckily we have time. let's say 50-100 years. if we face the music, we'll be fine. don't be the ostrich.
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Jim Stogdill ‏@jstogdill Feb 9

@yanivtalmusic @timoreilly "don't be the ostrich." Ok, thanks.
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LightArchitect ‏@LightArchitect2 Feb 9

@timoreilly Good debate. Automation makes goods cheaper and stimulates consumption. Always creates other jobs.
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