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When the mechanized revolution hits, how will humans deal with it?

Asked by Hypocrisy_Central (26879points) December 26th, 2015

Based off something said in this question, there will eventually be a mechanized revolution, with most segments of physical labor being replaced by machines, with humans being mostly left out, unless you are good in robotics, programming or electrical engineering. As machines get smarter they will be able to do way more than now, even if they are not the ”Data of Star Trek” automaton, I can see them being able to put a roof on a structure, mow a lawn and do oil changes to start. Eventually more and more humans will find it hard to compete against a smart or dedicated machine. The machine can work at high level, will not get bored and make mistakes because of that, neither fatigue, it won’t get sick, have to take maternity leave, and if it gets broken the replacement will know exactly what to do because all that need be done is slap in the correct chip or update the program. Will there be a ”Mechaffimative Action”, stating business according to its size HAS TO HAVE X amount of humans on board? Will the numbers of machines per business be regulated and throttled? If all the machines caused the prices of good to be very inexpensive, would that be too juicy for people to give up even if they know the cheap prices they are paying comes at a heartbeat not having a job?

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