The Job Terminator

Will robots take over the world? The Terminator and it's sequel are two of my favorite movies and Arnold Schwarzenegger's T1000 one of my favorite fantasy robots.

In Terminator 2: Judgement Day the T1000 protects John Connor and his mother against his successor, a much more advanced robot capable of mimicking anything and anyone he touches. At the end of the film Judgement Day was prevented and Skynet, the evil AI did not take over the world. Too bad they just had to make another sequel, and another and another... It's the bane of capitalism that as long as it makes money, no other reason for existence is necessary. We don't have to fear for some AI taking over the world and trying to exTerminate humanity just yet, but robots and AI do threaten our way of living.

Technology is developing so fast, large groups of people won't be prepared for the AI revolution that's bound to happen within the foreseeable future. We all know about the self driving cars that are going to make a lot of transportation jobs obsolete, including their support businesses like truck-stops and motels, but it's not only blue-collar jobs that are at risk here. A whole lot of work that's now been done by doctors, lawyers, accountants, guards... the list goes on and on. Now why is it that we all are in a panic about this?

The reason is obvious: with all those millions of jobs lost, what will become of all those "displaced" people? And their families? How will they survive and how will their families survive? And ultimately: how will this affect the economy as a whole? Since we live in a capitalist society the answers to all these questions are as obvious as they are ugly. The divide between rich and poor will widen further and become more toxic than ever before. Those with the means to keep up with technology, and the money to teach their kids about the fewer new jobs, to send them to the appropriate schools, will distance themselves even more from those of us left in the dust.

There are even a small minority of people who see this coming to a violent clash between the classes, and are building safe spaces for when this real life judgement day occurs. Now, I'm not advising you to start building your own bunker yet, but I do want you to see the ridiculousness of this very realistic doom-scenario. It's ridiculous because there's no practical reason at all to fear robots, AI or any other advancements we make. In fact these are all blessings and a testament to human creativity, curiosity and perseverance; we should be proud of those achievements and welcome them with open arms.

WE will finally be free and scarcity will be a thing of the past. You see, there IS NO scarcity; we have everything in abundance. The only real scarce commodity is time, and robots and AI will take over the work that has to be done so we will finally have the freedom and the time to pursue our true passions. I've said it before and I'll repeat it here: all the best inventions, music, art and food is produced by maniacs who spend all their time perfecting the thing they're passionate about.

All garbage inventions, thought up only to make a buck, come from the miracle of free market competition. Who wants to make money makes a product that has to be replaced, sooner rather than later. Who wants to make money lays off workers to replace them with robots that never get sick, never complain, never miss a day and don't go on strike, with no regards whatsoever for the laid off humans. I could go on, but you already see that it's the economy, and only the economy that makes us fear the future. Contrary to what many will want you to believe, the economy is man-made and not some law of nature. If it's made by us, it can be changed by us. And the first thing we have to realize fast, is that it's ri-di-cu-lous to hang on to an economy in which the only way to have a right to exist is to have a job, when we KNOW that all jobs will be obsolete some day soon. It's high time to re-think capitalism. UBI, anyone?

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