Why are we still talking about robots talking our jobs? I think it's the other way around. Why are we not talking about not wasting our time doing things that can easily be done by a robot?
In society, we are compensated because of our abilities to create value. So, a human fully focused on creating value should not be worried about being replaced by a robot. In fact, a human not able to create value SHOULD be worried by ANOTHER HUMAN replacing her because of her ability to create value. Even before any robots existed!
That nonsense job-creation talk is merely reinforcing an outdated social/political/capitalistic agenda about "creating jobs". I think we should be talking about value creation, and fully focus on narrowing the tech gap, to begin with. Fortunately, that can only be done by humans, and will remain so for several decades to come.
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Why are we still talking about robots talking our jobs? I think it's the other way around. Why are we not talking about not wasting our time doing things that can easily be done by a robot? In society, we are compensated because of our abilities to create value. So, a human fully focused on creating value should not be worried about being replaced by a robot. In fact, a human not able to create value SHOULD be worried by ANOTHER HUMAN replacing her because of her ability to create value. Even before any robots existed! That nonsense job-creation talk is merely reinforcing an outdated social/political/capitalistic agenda about "creating jobs". I think we should be talking about value creation, and fully focus on narrowing the tech gap, to begin with. Fortunately, that can only be done by humans, and will remain so for several decades to come.