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wasoxygen  ·  2863 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Robots didn't take our jobs

    I imagine trying to get the world to a condition where some unemployed person can offer to drive you to work for 20 minutes, be paid five dollars, and then nothing else bad happens to them. They don't have their unemployment insurance phased out, have to register for a business license, lose their Medicare, be audited, have their lawyer certify compliance with OSHA rules, or whatever. They just have an added $5.

Eliezer Yudkowsky





katakowsj  ·  2862 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Isn't India such a place where you can bust your butt for that $5 over and over because there is not a safety net that will supply you with the needs to survive?

Doesn't OSHA also make sure that desperate individuals aren't required to unreasonably trade their safety for that extra $5 as they may need to work for an unlicensed employer that chooses to operate outside of legal business boundaries?

Isn't Uber a version of the $5 situation?

wasoxygen  ·  2862 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's an interesting approach. The "needs to survive" are not very expensive.

OftenBen  ·  2862 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Who does your maid hire to clean her house?

rob05c  ·  2861 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's maids all the way down.

Quatrarius  ·  2862 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Eliezer "Harry Potter fanfiction" Yudkowsky is famous enough to get interviewed by a magazine?