Comment on If Amazon is the future of work, then be afraidparentComments−mhurron13yWhy? Most jobs in the world require no special skill not picked up on the job.In all seriousness, the world needs ditch diggers too.−saraid21613yhttp://www.harborfreight.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/i...−mhurron13yI suppose you could call that skilled, but I would have put that under the on the job training I had mentioned.−woodchuck6413yAs Eliezer says, if personal maids, cooks, and servants suddenly become affordable, only then might we have an unskilled labourer problem (http://lesswrong.com/lw/hh4/the_robots_ai_and_unemployment_a...)
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Why? Most jobs in the world require no special skill not picked up on the job.
In all seriousness, the world needs ditch diggers too.
http://www.harborfreight.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/i...
I suppose you could call that skilled, but I would have put that under the on the job training I had mentioned.
As Eliezer says, if personal maids, cooks, and servants suddenly become affordable, only then might we have an unskilled labourer problem (http://lesswrong.com/lw/hh4/the_robots_ai_and_unemployment_a...)