Everyone agrees that artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics will have a transforming impact on our country and the world.
However, there are strong differences of opinion about what those consequences will be – who will benefit from it and who will be injured. One thing is certain. This is a hugely important issue that has not received the kind of discussion it deserves.
Here is my opinion.
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Some of the very richest people in the world, including Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos – are now investing hundreds of billions in these revolutionary technologies.
Why is that? Is it because they want to improve the standard of living of the 60% of our people who have a salary of Salary Wonen-Americans who have difficulty paying for groceries, health care, housing and education? Maybe. But I doubt it.
I think it is because investing in AI and robotics will exponentially increase their wealth and power.
The artificial intelligence and robotics that are nowadays developed by these multi-billionaires will enable American business to eliminate tens of millions of decent jobs, reduce labor costs and increase the profit.
The result? The richest people in the world will become even richer, while working people lose their jobs and their income.
And unless we act, this is what will probably happen in the next 10 years.
As a member of the congress who strongly opposed the disastrous trade agreements that communities in this country decimate, I want to rebuild production in the United States, just like most Americans. But let’s be clear: new factories will not mean much for employees if the jobs are done by robots instead of people.
Elon Musk has said that he wants Tesla to build millions of robots. And what will these robots do? They will replace the men and women who work in factories, warehouses and in restaurants. That means that millions of good jobs can disappear. It is not complicated.
And of course it is not just Musk.
Amazon, owned by Jeff Bezos, has already fired 27,000 employees since 2022. The company now has more than a million robots that work in its warehouses – and soon those robots will surpass human employees in Amazon facilities.
In 2016, Foxconn – the enormous production contractor for companies such as Apple and Google – replaced 60,000 employees in one factory in China with robots. Now the company is planning fully automated factories.
And only a few months ago, the CEO of Foxconn, De Jonge Liu, predicted that artificial intelligence will make it unnecessary for large companies to outsource jobs to Low Countries-because robots will do most of the production work.
However, it is not just the production of jobs in danger.
Most of us want to develop the United States a strong, clean and efficient transport system – including the production of millions of new cars, buses and trucks. But if Musk and others get their way, those vehicles are not managed by truck drivers, bus drivers or taxi drivers. It will be vehicles without a driver. Millions of jobs in transport will be eliminated.
This is not a science fiction. It is already happening. Fedex uses trucks without a driver to drag heavy loads along the I-45 gang between Dallas and Houston through a company called Aurora. Walmart uses autonomous trucks for deliveries at a short distance in Arkansas via a company called Gatik. Kodiak Robotics works together with IKEA to carry out deliveries without a director in Texas. Waymo is serving self -driving taxis in Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco, Atlanta and Austin.
We all want more starting companies and small companies, but for employees that means very little if half of all entry tracks on white collar will be eliminated in the next 5 years. And that is exactly what was predicted by Dario Amodei, the founder of Anthropic, one of the leading AI companies in the world.
Als lid van de ranglijst van de Commissie Gezondheid, Onderwijs, Labor en Pensions (Help Comité), heb ik vandaag een rapport vrijgegeven dat AI, Automation en Robotics het komende decennium bijna 100 miljoen banen in Amerika kunnen vervangen, waaronder 40% van de geregistreerde verpleegkundigen, 47% van de vrachtwagenchauffeurs, 64% van de accountants, 65% van de onderwijsassistenten en 89% van Fast Food -werknemers, Among other things. And as bad as it seems, I am afraid it can be an underestimation.
In June, the CEO of Ford, Jim Farley, predicted that in the following decade “literally could eliminate half of all white-collar jobs in the US”.
This year, Musk said that as a result of AI and robotics, “probably none of us will have a job … If you want a job that is a bit on a hobby, you can do a work. But otherwise AI and Robotics offer all the goods and services you want.”
Earlier this year, Bill Gates predicted that people ‘are not needed for most things’, such as production products, delivering packages or growing food in the following decade due to AI.
So, here is a fairly big question. If Musk and Gates are only half in their predictions in their predictions, what happens with the tens of millions of Americans who no longer work because they cannot find jobs that do not exist? How do these Americans pay in this brave new world for healthcare, food, housing and other necessities?
It’s not just economics. Work, whether it is a caretaker or a brain surgeon, is an integral part of being human. The vast majority of people want to be productive members of society and contribute to their communities. What happens when that essential aspect of human existence is removed from our lives?
Furthermore, and now we get into a number of pretty deep things, the rapid developments in AI will probably have a deep -humanizing impact on all of us. In many ways it will actually re -define what it means to be human, to fundamentally change our relationships and the nature of what we call ‘society’.
Can AI and Robotics help us in many ways? Yes. I believe they can. I’m not a luddite. However, the goal is to ensure that the new technologies serve human needs and not only enriches a small number of multi-billionaires. We not only need a more “efficient” society. We need a world where people lead healthier, happier and more fulfilling life.
So where do we go from here? Here are just a few ideas about how technological progress can benefit ordinary Americans:
First we have to move to a 32-hour working week without loss of wages. Think about it: today American employees are 400% more productive than in the 1940s, when the 40-hour working week was founded for the first time. Artificial intelligence and robotics will greatly speed up that productivity. Employees must benefit from that increased output through a shorter working week. A 32-hour working week without wage loss would be an important step forward to improve the quality of life for millions of Americans.
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Secondly, we must require large companies to enable employees to choose at least 45 percent of the members of their boards of board – comparable to what is taking place in Germany. Employees need a chair at the table to best determine how AI is used in their companies. If Tesla employees are part of their business administration, I doubt that they would reward Musk with a trillion dollar payment package.
Thirdly, we must considerably increase the profit sharing at the largest companies in our country. In my opinion, employees must receive at least 20% of the shares in the companies for which they work. Business profits should not only enrich rich shareholders and the billionaires they possess.
Fourth, we must considerably expand the concept of employee ownership in America. When employees own their own companies and are more involved in the decision -making process, they will make choices that everyone in the company benefits, not just the people at the top.
Fifth, instead of offering billions of tax benefits to companies that throw employees on the street and replace them with new technologies, a robot tax on large companies and use the income to improve the life of employees who have been damaged.
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Bottom Line: AI and Robotics will bring an in -depth transformation to our country. These changes must all benefit us, not just a handful of billionaires.
Let’s start the debate.
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