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1NfamousACE_2 posted...

lightwarrior78 posted...

The real thing to learn here is that if a machine can do your job better than you, you need to step up your game. People okay with this are probably like me, tired of dealing with cashiers that can't get basic orders right, make change without the computer telling them what to pay, and act like they're stoned on the job treating customers like inconveniences to the conversation they're having.

Culturally we've been idiots for a long time. We been automating out jobs, while at the same time showing the less than ideal education standards or a direction that takes this into account. I'm not surprised. Even now the responses critical seem to assume that UBI or low skill jobs need to exist as the only possible avenue for people because there's no way they could be made better employees.

Its not about the machine doing the job better.

Its more efficient

Those are pretty synonymous in business terms. People that haven't been automated out had to show they were better than the machine trying to replace them at producing results. Even if there wasn't a wage savings, it would still be better to use a machine that can handle 20 orders in the time a live person can do 10, or 5, so the person needs to try and do 20 or offer some value the machine doesn't.
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