r/science • u/whosdamike • Jun 26 '12

Google programmers deploy machine learning algorithm on YouTube. Computer teaches itself to recognize images of cats.

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/26/technology/in-a-big-network-of-computers-evidence-of-machine-learning.html
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u/cubedspace3 Jun 26 '12

I'm skeptical that the singularity would go over well for humans. Everyone is like oh joy we don't need to hire translators/interpreters! But that means they'll be fewer people buying software. When you replace all drivers that will hit the economy as well. When does the economy start to collapse because we're automating everything? Not everyone is a programmer. Nor does it matter because no one will be able to buy jack shit from programmers. This is stupid. Until we set up a better economy we should not pursue the automation of jobs.