Message from @The Yellow King
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Can’t have robots without a way to make them run
what if you create oil platforms that both produce and dig oil for fuel? 😛
on international waters
The cheese favouritism actually hurts Canadians too. It's a non competitive system within the country
then you can't tax them, adn they can still produce
If we see tarriffs as appropriate then I just maintain taxing robots is an equivalent distortion. You play favorites based on social desirability of production methods.
nobody does
tarriffs are being applied in response to tarriffs having been applied.
I think its funny how touchscreen kiosks aren’t a new thing but they’re still seen as new
in hopes, tarriffs are removed.
i don't use them. and they aren't here anywhere i go.
Robots have an unfair advantage. They don't need to sleep and don't take sick or vacation leave. I insist we negotiate agreements with then that automation only operate 40hrs a week and take three weeks off a year. If they won't, we tax them for unfair advantage.
:p
the whole point is that that then increases supply
That's not the same thing lol
thus driving prices down
in that system you might aswell just not have robots
y you want me to spend more on my damn beans, yo?
ban them outright
So you want to raise the cost of robot production to be like humans, therefore removing the advantage of them being able to produce things for cheaper meaning you can buy them for cheaper.
This is why redistribution doesn't work.
Or we tax them
I worked retail and know what our is like
If you give everyone basic income, that becomes the new poor who can't afford to live.
and besides, you are kina missing the point. Robots aren't competing with humans, here in the US, they are competing with slave labor over seas.
My point is I see it as directly comparable to the current trade debate
we don't
😛
You've not sufficiently argued that case
Robots are competing with humans
And will increasingly compete with humans
they don't compete, humans can't keep up they can't compete
Exactly
That's my point
Humans don't compete with robots, we make robots to do things we don't want to do.
So tax them for thier excess production
So, if you are against slavery, you have to be pro-robot
Robots will lower the costs
since you no logner need the labor payment
Which is why we should be afraid of thinking machines that can self improve