[LINK] "Advancing Australia as a Digital Economy"

Jim Birch planetjim at gmail.com
Fri Jun 14 16:04:39 AEST 2013


Once the robots can program each other we are stuffed. :)

Jim


On 14 June 2013 12:16, Kim Holburn <kim.holburn at gmail.com> wrote:

> I remember reading Vonnegut's Player Piano years ago.  Published in 1952,
> it's about just this.  A time when automation would put most people out of
> a job.  We have taken longer to reach it than I thought but reaching it we
> are.
>
> Apple manufacturing coming back to the US but jobs, not so much:
>
>
> https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9234477/A_U.S._Apple_factory_may_be_robot_city
>
>
>
> On 2013/Jun/14, at 9:12 AM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>
> > On 14/06/2013 8:47 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
> >> Digital technology can be an enabler for the economy.
> >
> > I'd modify that to "Digital technology can be an enabler for parts of
> > the economy."
> >
> > How Technology Is Destroying Jobs
> > David Rotman
> > June 12, 2013
> >
> http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/515926/how-technology-is-destroying-jobs/
> >
> > <quote>
> > That robots, automation, and software can replace people might seem
> > obvious to anyone who’s worked in automotive manufacturing or as a
> > travel agent. But Brynjolfsson and McAfee’s claim is more troubling and
> > controversial. They believe that rapid technological change has been
> > destroying jobs faster than it is creating them, contributing to the
> > stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United
> > States. And, they suspect, something similar is happening in other
> > technologically advanced countries.
> > <end quote>
> >
> > IMHO, if the "digital" economy doesn't create new types of jobs that
> > employ Australian workers, then the future will be bleak.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards
> > brd
> >
> > Bernard Robertson-Dunn
> > Sydney Australia
> > email: brd at iimetro.com.au
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