bluej100 comments on The Robots, AI, and Unemployment Anti-FAQ - Less Wrong

47 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 25 July 2013 06:46PM

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Comment author: bluej100 24 July 2013 06:45:56AM 3 points [-]

Or until the supply of low-skill workers depress the remaining low-skill wage beneath minimum wage/outsourcing. I think that we are eliminating a larger proportion of low-skill jobs per year than we ever have before, but I agree that the retraining and regulation issues you pointed out are significant.

Comment author: Halfwitz 24 July 2013 02:44:43PM *  2 points [-]

beneath minimum wage.

Well, there's an obvious solution for that.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 July 2013 07:00:10PM 9 points [-]

Yes, inflation.

Comment author: Kawoomba 24 July 2013 07:05:29PM 10 points [-]

I don't think he can hear you across the inferential chasm.

Comment author: Halfwitz 29 December 2013 11:53:29PM *  0 points [-]

Could you point me in the direction of a bridge?