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The ability to have self-driving vehicles from cars, trucks, mining equipment to running research labs is just the beginning of a change in human history that will change everything from commerce, manufacturing, transportation, education just to name a few. The economic impact has a ability to be disruptive on a scale few have imagined. US medical that consumes twenty cents of every dollar will be a prime target because of the amount of money involved. The ability to leverage not only brawn, but brains will be needed handle with care for the economic and social disruption that is going to happen on a massive and growing scale that will only accelerate on a compound basis. How to handle this change that will disrupt all levels from basic tasks to advanced research could easily lead to a concentration of wealth not imagined. Any thoughts and additions sought and welcomed.
The ability to have self-driving vehicles from cars, trucks, mining equipment to running research labs is just the beginning of a change in human history that will change everything from commerce, manufacturing, transportation, education just to name a few. The economic impact has a ability to be disruptive on a scale few have imagined. US medical that consumes twenty cents of every dollar will be a prime target because of the amount of money involved. The ability to leverage not only brawn, but brains will be needed handle with care for the economic and social disruption that is going to happen on a massive and growing scale that will only accelerate on a compound basis. How to handle this change that will disrupt all levels from basic tasks to advanced research could easily lead to a concentration of wealth not imagined. Any thoughts and additions sought and welcomed.
It will certainly lead to a redistribution of wealth. I don't see this necessarily results in ordinary Americans losing out - if they no longer need to fork out 20c on the dollar for overpriced healthcare isn't that a win that leaves them with more disposable income for other things ? Obviously, some jobs will be lost in the healthcare sector as it currently exists - but those arguably need to be lost to make any progress and those people might be far more productive doing something else.
If something like this is going to happen (I'm not certain how far and how fast it would do so), we'll later recognise it as being one of those changes that was inevitable once the underlying technology became viable and the change profitable. I'm not convinced there is that much we can do to manage the "disruption" these sorts of inevitable change create. People generally adapt. And Americans better than most.
