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19-05-2015, 10:34 AM
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Re: The Rise of Robots!

Originally Posted by Cass ->
Robots taking over jobs and leaving humans free to enjoy life can surely only happen if we abandon the concept of money in the way we view it now.

If people worked for the love of it or for personal satisfaction but wihtout monetary gain then it would leave a way for robots to be used to replace us at all levels on the workfloor (eventually).

I dont see this happening its more likely that slowly but surely the few will profit while the rest sink into poverty as the machines take the places of manual workers. There may be protests such as we saw in the industrial revolution when men smashed the mechanical looms to protect their jobs but nothing can stand in the way of profit...
You are right there for sure. The way we are governing is the way we behave in society, or at least with regard to how we run our economy. Capitalism is nothing more than an extension of our base competitive instinct it seems to me: dog eat dog approach. Bit harsh on us maybe but if you think about us in a primitive manner (and lets face it our drives are exactly that) every family member is wary of any other encroaching family: they are viewed as threats. This highly competitive drive is allowed to run free under capitalism hence why so many top business men are ruthless. Until we tame this drive and adopt a fairer approach to live we will continue to allow unfairness to run rampant. We will need a different life outlook at some point I reckon.
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19-05-2015, 10:51 AM
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Re: The Rise of Robots!

Originally Posted by Realist ->
Funny thing a robot.


The human being is simply a sophisticated (to us) robot. We do what we have been programmed to do, we learn and as we learn we respond according to the way we have been programmed/designed to respond. Unfortunately our creator has not appeared to explain all and tell us where we all came from. Hence we remain clueless and search for answers.

There is obviously more to us than the human being. We are more than the human body we inhabit. The body has been programmed and designed to act in specific ways. Much of it we have no control of and we didn't design it. Hence when the body is hurt, it heals itself without any effort on our part. Cut yourself and the body deploys substances, forms a scab and heals itself. We have absolutely no control over this process.

Just about every "living" thing on the planet is effectively a robot. Every living thing is built on a set of rules some simple some complex. One rule is common to all living things, the rule - replicate/multiply.

Who programmed the rules? And why? And surely the programming of the basic rule - replicate - was sure to end eventually in over population of living things to the point where much would die off due to lack of resources to support them all.


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Good post Realist until you address the part about the 'Creator'
There is no creator! The Human Body has evolved into it's present state from a starting point that still remains a mystery. The only rules that apply to all living things [as you quite rightly state] are Continuation of Species; a rule that will eventually destroy us.
 
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