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Jobs being replaced by machines

Name: Anonymous 2019-06-30 4:04

What I don't understand is why people are never talking about the millions of pencil pushers (doctors, accountants, litigators, secretaries, journalists, programmers, pretty much every office worker, etc) that could be replaced by algorithmic software today but aren't for some reason. Why is it always talking about burger flippers and truck drivers even though they would require developing complex hardware with human-level dexterity at a lower cost than current hourly rates?

Are we witnessing a conspiracy here? Have the pencil pushers taken over society and are now actively suppressing software solutions that would replace them? Are they, too, desperately trying to develop robots to replace other workers so that it becomes a society-wide issue rather than just worthless pencil pushing fags being impacted?

Name: Anonymous 2019-07-05 11:50

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doctors? maybe when it comes to diagnosis, but you'll still need someone knowledgable to do the assessment (patients self-reporting symptoms to expert systems are very unreliable). lawyers? not really - laws are generally shitty as formal systems (contradictory, incomplete, open to interpretation), and even if they weren't then a lot of lawyering is not arguing about the laws but arguing about the facts. expert system won't be able to judge things like 'did the husband have an affair or was he just spending time with a friend?' or 'did the defendant shoot the victim in self-defense or was it a premeditated murder?'

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