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Thomas comments on What jobs are safe in an automated future? - Less Wrong Discussion

9 Post author: PuyaSharif 11 January 2012 08:48PM

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Comment author: Thomas 13 January 2012 02:21:47PM 0 points [-]

I can't imagine automating my work.

You can't. Most can't, probably.

You have to come with some good reasons WHY that would be impossible.

Comment author: syllogism 14 January 2012 07:47:16AM 2 points [-]

Well I'm working on a sub-problem of artificial intelligence. So the task of designing a system to do my work is harder than the end-goal my work is trying to achieve!