Some, like Erik Erik Brynjolfsson, director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and co-author of The Second Machine Age, think the solution is in support for unemployed through training programmes.
He says “As the pie gets bigger, we can afford a better safety net for people who end up with bad luck in terms of jobs that get eliminated”.
Personally, I can’t get rid off the feeling that this is way too simplified solution for a massive problem of potentially more than 8 million unemployed.
What the People Say?
While waiting for some serious research, that will deliver public opinion more accurately, I’ve found some interesting reactions regarding this matter.
Here are some comments on Huffington post’s article:
Looking at these comments, it reasonable to think that public opinion will be splitted. Obviously, you can look at this issue from different perspectives, and not all of them are about the money and profits.
Conclusion
When talking about self-driving vehicles, you can easily take sides using strong arguments. However, the fact is that drivers get distracted, while machines don’t. It’s simple as that.
