AUTOMATE -A.I. ETHICS- AUTONOMY : MASTER PRECIS

'' MECHANIZE : THE SHIFT ''. AT ONE point during the Q&A - I piped up to ask : Is it ethical to automate all labor?

Mr. Barnett, who described himself as a libertarian, responded that it is.

He believes that A.I. will accelerate economic growth and spur lifesaving breakthroughs in medicine and science, and that a prosperous society with full automation would be preferable to a low-growth economy where humans still had jobs.

'' If a society as a whole becomes much wealthier, then I think that just outweighs the downsides of people losing their jobs,'' Mr. Barnett said.

Hey, at least they're being honest.

The World Students Society thanks Kevin Roose.