Automation

“In the past, Serfs, Slaves, and Consumers have existed as labor. With the rise of automation and robotics, consumer labor is now becoming obsolete. Just as animal labor became obsolete. Robots can now take on most of the day to day production of goods. Soon they will replace the service workers, and the rest.
I was a bit startled to hear it spoken. Robots replacing workers is something that has been talked about. However, it always seemed father in the future. I asked, “What about the tasks that only humans can do?”
“There are very few of those. Managers are already being replaced. By taking humans out of our management structures, we reduce the possibilities of sabotage, disgruntled and inefficient decision making, and redundancy. The new automated systems have the benefits of being centralized. They can account for more factors that humans can. They are also more precise than human management. The new systems find a way to implement what we want without refusing, asking questions, or showing favoritism. Automation does not care if someone has been loyal and productive for a long time at a company. As soon as the numbers show an employee costs more than they bring in, they are gone. Automation has no empathy or compassion. It does what needs to be done based on facts and figures. We already use automation successfully in hiring new employees. Placement, promotions, and terminations are now being automated as well.
“Creative people are a little different. We will continue to provide for artists whom we enjoy. They will not become immortal, but we would like to keep them around, and continue breeding with them sometimes. We have always kept artists as pets. I suspect that won’t change.”
“The same goes for many scientists and researchers. We will create communities where they can thrive and continue their research. At least until, artificial intelligence can replace them.”
“The new order will allow us to cherry pick the best of humanity. Selective breeding of humans was never so precise as we can make it now. Maybe in a hundred years we will do away with physical breeding entirely and just produce humans at a regular rate based on the traits we desire, and skills we need.
Then he said, “There’s just no place in the world anymore for the genetically inferior consumer population. Robots, automation, and artificial intelligence are replacing human labor.”