Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Your Services Are No Longer Required - The Coming "Great Idleness"

Robots and A.I. will likely eliminate most jobs over the next two decades. Marshall Brain wrote about it in 2003, I think, suggesting a universal basic income based on advertising to ensure everyone can survive joblessness:

http://marshallbrain.com/robotic-nation.htm

Here are more ideas:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/12/1321054/-Your-Services-Are-No-Longer-Required-The-Coming-Great-Idleness?detail=email

New Light-Based Chip Supercharges AI Efficiency by up to 100x

Nice: https://scitechdaily.com/new-light-based-chip-supercharges-ai-efficiency-by-up-to-100x/