A simple law will fix the problem of robots replacing people. The main
features of such a law follow:
Only real persons shall be allowed to own a robot free of tax. Additional
robots can be owned by any given biological person, but at an increasing tax
as deemed necessary to keep their numbers down will be levied. Corporations or
non-biological persons will not be allowed to own robots, but can rent robots
from owners. Owners will have to obtain licenses to rent their robots.
However, only a fixed rental charge will be allowed as provided by the law.
(Robots will not be allowed to vote.)
Any robot produced by a licensed entity in contract with the government
shall become owned by the government upon being manufactured and checked out
and can only be sold to biological persons.
Patents for such robots shall be government owned, and patented robot
production shall be allowed by any person under license, be they artificial or
natural, providing that person is chartered in the United States and/or is a
natural citizen of the United States.
Production of robots with various qualifications will be allowed by
licensed entities--persons--much like nuclear plants for electricity are
licensed for production by certain qualified entities and electric energy is
sold under regulated cost controls.
Natural persons will be allowed to work without restriction, even if they
do not own a robot or rent it out separately to supplement their income.
Robot rent control shall be a local matter set by the local government
under state law.
Imported robots become the property of the government upon crossing the
boarder (like controlled substances) and can only be sold by the government as
determined necessary and at reasonable costs based on the market in this
country. (This could act to improve government income.)
Only the government will be able to export robots.
Bob
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From: a.ashfield
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Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 12:04 PM
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When Robots Replace Human Workers (Harvard Business Review)
Progress in information storage and processing have made possible the
creation intelligent machines at amazing speed that will soon dominate the
world economy and devalue human labor:"This is why we will soon be looking at
hordes of citizens of zero economic value."
There is a term now used called "the Second Economy" which describes that
portion of the economy where machines/computers interact only with other
machines/computers. Economist Brian Arthur of the Santa Fe Institute predicts
that by 2025, the Second Economy may be as large worldwide as the First
Economy, and 100 million workers will be displaced.
Today robots are only capable of doing the work the work of a person of
average intelligence, but if the rate of increase of robot IQ is only 1.5 per
cent per year, by 2025, robots could have IQ levels higher than 90 per cent of
the US population.
Already robots have been shown to be superior in performance than
anesthesiologists and radiologists, two jobs in the medical field that have
required highly trained (and expensive) workers.
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http://www.e-catworld.com/2014/12/10/mfmps-project-dog-bone-thread-update-1-first-test-on-dummy-core/
