I kinda agree that buses, metro, trains, could be automated for the benefit of not having to find workers.
However, I do think the handful of jobs do still make a difference. I recently visited a country which has conductors in each tram (so a driver and a separate conductor who goes around selling/checking the tickets while it drives). Everything else in the country is pretty much modern, always-online, and the majority of people pay with their phones - yet I still found it nice to see those simple, cheap jobs not be automated away. I'd much rather hold my phone to a thing and say thanks when that thing is a human, it's much nicer for me.
We lose touch to others so much already, why automate away perfectly efficient jobs? I haven't been in a bus that was late because the bus driver messed up.
TL;DR: I'd much rather have things done by humans as long as the machines replacing them aren't much better. Those are people who rely on those jobs to survive, and I don't see a point in replacing them.
"TL;DR: I'd much rather have things done by humans as long as the machines replacing them aren't much better. Those are people who rely on those jobs to survive, and I don't see a point in replacing them."
I'd rather have universal basic income and a strong social safety net, so no one needs jobs to survive.
Automating away the jobs that people don't want to do is a step towards making that more economically feasible.
However, I do think the handful of jobs do still make a difference. I recently visited a country which has conductors in each tram (so a driver and a separate conductor who goes around selling/checking the tickets while it drives). Everything else in the country is pretty much modern, always-online, and the majority of people pay with their phones - yet I still found it nice to see those simple, cheap jobs not be automated away. I'd much rather hold my phone to a thing and say thanks when that thing is a human, it's much nicer for me.
We lose touch to others so much already, why automate away perfectly efficient jobs? I haven't been in a bus that was late because the bus driver messed up.
TL;DR: I'd much rather have things done by humans as long as the machines replacing them aren't much better. Those are people who rely on those jobs to survive, and I don't see a point in replacing them.