Which is funny. Last century that seemed to be the promised land a lot of people dreamed of. Unfeeling robots that never tired would do all our work for us without distraction or complaints, and leave us to lives of decadence and leisure.
Never made the slightest bit of sense to me, mind you. Why on earth would the owners of these productive machines ever just give them away? Out of the goodness of their hearts? When has that ever happened, from the steam engine to the cotton gin to the computer?
I don't think it's dystopian though, it's just history continually repeating itself. Maybe it seems more sinister to people here because it's potentially happening to them rather than the cobbler or blacksmith.
History has proven that people are generally very reluctant to share their wealth or power with others outside very small family and tribal groups, no matter what label you put on the can. So I just don't see how AI or robots could to turn human nature on its head.
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Which is funny. Last century that seemed to be the promised land a lot of people dreamed of. Unfeeling robots that never tired would do all our work for us without distraction or complaints, and leave us to lives of decadence and leisure.
Never made the slightest bit of sense to me, mind you. Why on earth would the owners of these productive machines ever just give them away? Out of the goodness of their hearts? When has that ever happened, from the steam engine to the cotton gin to the computer?
I don't think it's dystopian though, it's just history continually repeating itself. Maybe it seems more sinister to people here because it's potentially happening to them rather than the cobbler or blacksmith.
'cause if there was socialism, everybody would own the robots, and everybody would "profit" from their "labor."
History has proven that people are generally very reluctant to share their wealth or power with others outside very small family and tribal groups, no matter what label you put on the can. So I just don't see how AI or robots could to turn human nature on its head.