Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Thousands of dockworkers shut down US east coast ports in major strike

 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/1/thousands-of-dockworkers-shut-down-us-east-coast-ports-in-major-strike

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-port-strike-adds-another-uncertainty-feds-outlook-2024-10-01/

https://time.com/7027309/port-dockworkers-strike-food-shortages/

https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/port-strike-ila-10-01-24/index.html

US ports strike causes first shutdown in 50 years https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vkdp3rx17o

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/01/what-a-lengthy-us-port-strike-could-mean-for-global-supply-chains.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/dockworkers-port-strike-ila-impacts-2024-10

https://apnews.com/article/port-strike-ila-dockworkers-begins-e5468e760f46a64e4322d1702beb1f72

For American workers, this is one of the first great battles against advanced automation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/01/dock-worker-strike-jobs-pay-automation

If most human jobs were taken over by AI and robotics before the year 2100, that seems so far away in time. However, if most human jobs were replaced by AI before 2050, that's not so far down the timeline.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2024/05/20/the-crucial-difference-between-ai-and-agi/

Algorithms and machines don't have to be paid a decent wage, or any warge. There are some that would simply like to phase out most of humanity in order to create an inhumane world run by AGI.

https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/artificial-general-intelligence 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence#Risk_of_loss_of_control_and_human_extinction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk_from_AI


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