>“There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, especially those with vocational training,” said Karp, speaking at a World Economic Forum panel in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday. “I do think these trends really do make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration unless you have a very specialized skill.”
Idk man, that sounds like a crock of nonsense. Previous waves of automation sure didn’t stop the demand for immigrant labor - if anything, it’s only increased.
I was with him until "vocational training", he's obviously implying that the bots will be bosses and the humans - Indians. That message is being thrown around way too often to exclude the possibility of a planned development.
> Previous waves of automation sure didn’t stop the demand for immigrant labor - if anything, it’s only increased.
Past performance does not guarantee future results, I'd much rather analyze a situation for what it is than rely on rough and unproven analogies.
I'm not sure what "waves of automation" you have in mind but for example, automation in the auto industry did lead to a drastic reduction of workforce per car produced, just look at the former auto factories in Detroit. So the Palantir guy is kind of right here.
The real issue is who will control the AI, because in addition to being a workforce reducer it can serve as a rather petty oppressor. The reduction of immigration is the least of your worries here.
Maybe the idea is all us displaced software folks end up in the fields picking fruit?
Apparently, that's exactly the main idea here. Them and other expendable office workers.
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