The robots are coming . Driverless cars , automated bartenders , and plenty of other technological chemise are sure enough on the horizon . But what impact will it have on our life ?
For Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk , the coming rise of hokey intelligence ( AI ) may need a drastic change in our lodge as we know it . In aninterview with CNBClast Friday , he suppose how we ’ll need to prepare for the loss of job , but it may have some benefit .
“ I imagine that there ’s a pretty good chance that we terminate up with a universal introductory income or something like that due to automation , ” he sound out .
“ multitude will have time to do other things , more complex things , more interesting things .
“ Certainly more leisure time . And then we ’ve got to visualise out how we integrate with a populace and future with advanced AI . ”
Tesla , of course , is at the cutting edge of automation . Its galvanizing cars currently have self - driving capabilities , and by next yr the company wants its car to befully autonomous .
AI , too , is already have an effect in other areas . Robot surgeon , telemarketers , and evenjournalistsare already seeping into our lives . The melodic theme of a cosmopolitan income to protect against potential task losses might therefore not be a terrible theme .
A ecumenical income could aid tackle issues such as homelessness and poorness , but it ’s unlikely to be something that is readily accepted . In June this yr , Swiss people votedoverwhelmingly againstthe idea of a basic income , the first country to hold such a suffrage .
It ’s an interesting discussion point , at least . If artificial intelligence activity is finally able to perform many dissimilar Job , what will mankind be leave to do ? Perhaps release us from the shackles of body of work , and giving us sentence to do the fine thing in lifetime is n’t too bad . Let ’s just not go the way ofWall - vitamin E , eh .
Musk had a last thought to give in the audience . “ in the end , I think there would need to be some sort of better mutualism with digital superintelligence , ” he said . “ But that ’s a pretty involved treatment . ”
Indeed . Perhaps just focalize on replacing us all with robots for now , Elon .
