Automation Should Be Like Iron Man, Not Ultron

Wasn't part of the point that the mindset necessary to create Iron Man would inevitably lead to Ultron?

Automation to increase power (productivity) beyond what humans alone could do -> Iron Man -> Cutting out humans once they are the chokepoint/ limiter in power (productivity) -> Ultron

Companies want automation because they don't want human limits on productivity to restrict their profits. That mindset is the problem. If we accept that mindset as a valid business operating model, it will never not lead to wanting to remove humans as much as possible.

Turns out the Luddites were right, and the company-owned factory automation was a scheme to dilute worker pay and value. That we're now fighting not to have workers cut out of the equation entirely kind of proves that it was in fact a slope we've slipped down.

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Wasn't part of the point that the mindset necessary to create Iron Man would inevitably lead to Ultron?
Automation to increase power (productivity) beyond what humans alone could do -> Iron Man -> Cutting out humans once they are the chokepoint/ limiter in power (productivity) -> Ultron
Companies want automation because they don't want human limits on productivity to restrict their profits. That mindset is the problem. If we accept that mindset as a valid business operating model, it will never not lead to wanting to remove humans as much as possible.
Turns out the Luddites were right, and the company-owned factory automation was a scheme to dilute worker pay and value. That we're now fighting not to have workers cut out of the equation entirely kind of proves that it was in fact a slope we've slipped down.