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I saw the funniest thing today. You know those sign spinners? People on the street corner rocking, spinning, and tossing adverts for some store or business? I saw a machine that mimicked that motion. They literally automated the job of standing on a corner and waving a sign...
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Has anyone written about my gut feeling that amounts to "not all automation"? I don't think automation is inherently zero sum. Many automated systems give rise to new industries, creating more jobs than destroyed. Naturally most such positive knock-on effects are less invisible or more obfuscated than the negatives, but... Anyway are there studies showing positive effects on employment? I just don't buy the blanket theory that automation will doom is all to the bread lines. I also don't intend to minimize the need to compensate, like providing retraining and other social programs. It's just that the tone of these discussions always has a luddite feel.
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