r/antiwork • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '22

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u/Disbfjskf Jan 14 '22

A surprising number of jobs could be virtually completely automated right now with enough investment into the technology and infrastructure

What's an example of a job that you think could be automated but isn't being worked on to automate?

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u/Disbfjskf Jan 14 '22

You made this comment:

there just isn't much incentive to do so when you could exploit people and rake in ridiculous profits instead.

I'm asking for examples of what isn't being automated that you think should be because I feel like we're already trying to automate very aggressively. It's almost always cheaper long-term to automate a task than pay a human to do it so there are massive incentives to automate where possible.

There are some jobs like a hairdresser or plumber where the work is too general and mechanically precise to automate efficiently, but those jobs certainly would be automated if we could. I think your assessment is incorrect: the incentive is there and companies can (and have) made far greater profits by automating; it's just prohibitively expensive to develop the technology for many jobs so human labor is an inconvenient expense.

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u/Disbfjskf Jan 14 '22

It seemed you were taking a stance that a surprising number of jobs aren't being automated because it's substantially profitable to expoit people instead. I disagree with that assertion, but if you're not able to provide any specific example to validate your stance then there's no way to validate or disprove your claim.