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Rice Professor Predicts Humans Out of Work In 30 Years

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the welcome-to-burger-hut dept.

kkleiner writes "Rice University professor Moshe Vardi has been evaluating technological progress in computer science and artificial intelligence and has recently concluded that robots will replace most, if not all, human labor by 2045, putting millions out of work. The issue is whether AI enables humans to do more or less. But perhaps the real question about technological unemployment of labor isn't 'How will people do nothing?' but 'What kind of work will they do instead?'"

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  1. Re:This thought crosses my mind a lot. by msauve · · Score: 5, Funny

    'What kind of work will they do instead?'

    I, for one, will be serving my robotic overlords.

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  2. So He's Saying the Industrial Revolution is Over by sehlat · · Score: 3, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords.

  3. Re:This thought crosses my mind a lot. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    For many, a Roomba would do.

  4. Re:Could stupidity be artificial? by Penguinisto · · Score: 4, Funny

    Too late; it's already been invented.

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  5. Re:This thought crosses my mind a lot. by Penguinisto · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would say the FSF could make one, but I don't want it to have a beard.

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  6. Re:This thought crosses my mind a lot. by wierd_w · · Score: 4, Funny

    You are forgetting the internal moisture sensors that void the warrantee.