Elon Musk: Robots will take your jobs, government will have to pay your wage

greggl

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/04/elon-musk-robots-will-take-your-jobs-government-will-have-to-pay-your-wage.html

Computers, intelligent machines, and robots seem like the workforce of the future. And as more and more jobs are replaced by technology, people will have less work to do and ultimately will be sustained by payments from the government, predicts Elon Musk, the iconic Silicon Valley futurist who is the founder and CEO of SolarCity, Tesla, and SpaceX.

According to Musk, there really won't be any other options.

"There is a pretty good chance we end up with a universal basic income, or something like that, due to automation," says Musk to CNBC. "Yeah, I am not sure what else one would do. I think that is what would happen."

ROBOTS.

fins4me

Without the ability to excel and be rewarded there would be scant productivity and very little innovation.

greggl

fins4me wrote: »

Without the ability to excel and be rewarded there would be scant productivity and very little innovation.

the sum of human history proves that you're wrong

fins4me

greggl wrote: »

the sum of human history proves that you're wrong

The VAST MAJORITY of innovation in human history was, is and will always be driven by some form of risk reward component.

cadman

fins4me wrote: »

The VAST MAJORITY of innovation in human history was, is and will always be driven by some form of risk reward component.

I agree, unless there is some fundamental shift in the human psyche, it would not work.

sjm1582002

Are these robots going to be taxed for the the work they do for their owners?

If not, how is the government to be funded?

Blovigator

fins4me wrote: »

Without the ability to excel and be rewarded there would be scant productivity and very little innovation.

That's why it will be imperative to redefine what is meant by productivity. If most everything is done by machine, human productivity will not be defined by stuff they make but how they improve themselves. We will need to find ways to keep idle minds and hands busy through physical and mental self improvement.

Team Sabatage

sjm1582002 wrote: »

Are these robots going to be taxed for the the work they do for their owners?

If not, how is the government to be funded?

That's some funny stuff right there...

LMK

Psycho babel bul****
Some jobs yeah but all no.

Tarponator

Heard him in the CNBC interview. He wasn't very articulate. I was rather surprised.

Grady-lady

greggl wrote: »

Computers, intelligent machines, and robots seem like the workforce of the future.

Do we mourn the loss of the candlestick maker?