Automation: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

[@SVURulez]

I laughed way harder than I should've at the kid inadvertently doing a British accent.

[@adde9506]

Pretty sure she had no idea what he said and was just repeating the sounds. Task? No, not task. Tusk? No, not tusk. Tosk? What's a tosk? He's definitely saying tosk. Oh well, he said repeat...

[@scott3462]

Its a great example of how we naturally imitate accents around us. If you don't believe me spend a week on the road a few Irish friends.

[@invisigoth510]

My cousin’s kid would definitely do that. After watching a few episodes of Peppa Pig she developed a British accent & picked up some Brit slang much to the annoyance of her Irish grandmother

[@ysquaredyobozo]

im 19 and live in the US, and im picking up british slang from my gaming groups and youtube videos, this is not something that only affects children, and god damn is it hilarious to me

[@TopsideCrisis346]

No, no you didn't. 👍

[@helloofthebeach]

I'm gonna defer to Stephen Hawking on this: "If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution. So far, the trend seems to be toward the second option, with technology driving ever-increasing inequality." The only reason automation is scary is because we've decided that if you don't have a job, you don't get to participate in society. _We don't actually have to do that._

[@DrZaius3141]

And because even though productivity constantly rises, we still insist on 40 hours week as a full time job. Cut every job down to 20 hours with the same pay, eliminate jobs that just exist because they were artificially created, lean full on automation and we'd be better off as a society. Fewer hours worked means even more productivity (because you're fresh, you can concentrate, you don't check social media every 5min), it means being healthier and having fewer sick days, it means spending more time with your kids helping them into becoming better people.

[@TJ5897]

You should check out Einsteins why socialism

[@jamesortiz8265]

Hero of the Beach Wouldn’t automation strengthen the evolution of an oligarchical socialism where the citizens lose all control to corporations and are treated like children?

[@SilverBlade15]

James Ortiz isn’t that capitalism already. I believe the goal is that automation wipes out poverty and leaves humans to engage to greater intellectual feats and working further towards the better plentiful of society. Granted. Yes. You do run the risk of a new, far more insidious social and economic caste system. What alternatives are there?

[@muellimhirn]

People not only need stuff. Most of us already have enough of that. People need purpose. Machines aren't very good at producing that ;)

[@lovingweirdo4727]

"You're definitely faster than a robot? Here's the thing: You're definitely not." 😂

[@MachtPlays]

Plot Twist. That's a young time traveling Usain Bolt, Slayer of robots, King of Men. The first man to access the Speed Force.

[@aliexpress96]

@@MachtPlays how is usain bolt faster than car?

[@SusCalvin]

Most of us are not Usain Bolt.

[@paulgoogol2652]

@@MachtPlays Excatly. In a future world where all humans are unemployed homeless bums he will apply for a job, get it and become so good that a robot will be fired. This will be the turning point of evolved human workers reclaiming their lost jobs and the robots will be like: "meh, so I guess I can shutdown."

[@matthewharris-levesque5809]

@@aliexpress96 Usain Bolt donates his brain to science at death, and it is placed into a bio-cybernetic interface fluid allowing it to command and conquer the US regional automated vehicle exchange network (RAVEN) which controls all self driving cars and trucks - requiring his ESSENCE to preform faster than any car on the current or future roadways/skyways. Just FYI. This kind of confusion can happen to those of us not aware of the intricacies of time travel, so don't feel bad about the absurdity of your question.

[@amethystwolf24572]

That little girl who has never said the word "tasks" before and just mimics you is adorable.

[@atomicbarbarian7372]

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" "A good person, mostly. Content with a nice family. I'd like to travel and have a lot of different experiences." "No lol. I mean how are you going to sell your labor?"

[@StrazdasLT]

What kind of slave do you want to be?

[@kenetabansi5016]

Strazdas I know this is late but love this reply

[@lloydsumpter7735]

I believe when John Lennon was asked that, the conversation went something like: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" "To be happy" "You don't understand the question" "You don't understand Life"

[@avedic]

Excellent comment. So obvious and simple....that it's easy to miss how profound it is.

[@billipbillip8411]

John Oliver breaking kids hopes and dreams for 3 minutes.

[@maremacd]

YuPPP! (18:41)

[@pathaleyguitar9763]

and listing made up countries for 90 seconds. love this bloke.

[@couragekarnga8735]

It's the British way, I think.

[@0pen22]

It's true but these are facts tho our Future going to become more automated

[@pag3309]

@@maremacd it's fine there Hiho kids LIBTARDS need to be put in there place

[@screamchicc9110]

“Do you think a robot could do my job?” “What is your job???” Dying 😂👍

[@falahati]

@Rohan Chowdhury He is the president; you want him to not talk about the president of the country he is working and living in or you think it is possible to discuss social, judicial and economic problems without talking about the political reality which is governing the country?

[@chrisweber759]

@Rohan Chowdhury lol John Oliver is better for the world than the Donald

[@perrodehont5109]

Wrong , there will be new job , this is nothing new how many % of the people where working in agriculture in 1870 just in the USA ? answer 50% IN 2008 2% , just saying times changes and so are we and the working market . Fearmongering .

[@sneekybreeky910]

Dying is not a job

[@screamchicc9110]

Sneeky Breeky touche my friend... touche

[@gl1tchspectre_]

The joke about Ukraine being Russia REALLY hits different in current day.

[@deansheets]

Dont forget this was after russia took chrimea

[@Whywouldyounot]

The writhing was pretty much at the wall in 2014. Maybe the west should have sent weapons to ukraine back then

[@AitkenSteele]

Came here to say this but knew someone would have beaten me to it 😂

[@beddythecorgi4269]

That's because the reality hasn't actually changed. Only now we want to pretend we don't risk ww3 by poking Russian when arming Ukrainians. Think about it if you're kid gets killed in combat do you really make the distinction between a fighter plan provided skirting law or a straght up ally of your enemy. We arm Ukraine knowing they will use it to kill Russians and then act like we aren't provoking war. It didn't work on Japan in ww2.... not going to work this time. The best we can hope for is not getting a cyber equivalent of pearl harbor. If anyone understood how vulnerable both our economy and infrastructure is they wouldn't be poking Russia. Putin is old. The idea that we can't back down is stupid. He is old enough we don't have to deal with him much longer if we just delay ww3.

[@ElementalNimbus]

@@AitkenSteele I didn't come here specifically, just randoming through episodes. However the second the joke came up I knew what I'd see down here. That said, Slava Ukraini.

[@Nick930]

Aaah finally.. Monday morning. The best morning thanks to John Oliver. Thank you for saving Mondays good sir.

[@joyl3926]

Aye aye!

[@freeman7079]

Nick930 propaganda Monday.

[@wgo523]

@@freeman7079 researched and factual... Uhh... propaganda?

[@majikss]

@@freeman7079 holy fuck bro why are you kids always here

[@Ch4pp13]

@@freeman7079 it's not propaganda unless it's government funded news casting. please, go ahead and find HBO's salary check from the United States Government.

[@djkb125]

The little girl at the end who pronounced "tasks" the way John did was so funny. 🤣

[@JosiahMcCarthy]

Tosks

[@melvina628]

She follows directions well...like a robot.

[@confusedturkeyvulture4555]

@@melvina628 I mean, robots are basically little kids considering that they're information sponges that spew sentences

[@Psychol-Snooper]

THAT'S RACIST!

[@melvina628]

@@Psychol-Snooper OK, Johnny Appleseed.

[@lukasnummer1]

8:19 "We were promised flying cars, instead we got suicidal robots" did not get enough attention! So funny!

[@2019inuyasha]

flying car already exists, it's called a helicopter, also hovercraft

[@immortalsun]

@@2019inuyasha Do you not know what a car is?

[@calebcorrea7556]

@@2019inuyasha hover crafts don't exist yet. and a helicopter is not a flying car

[@Jay9966]

@@calebcorrea7556 some planes are literally called air buses though, but yeah helicopter is no car and flying cars will probably not be called cars too.

[@jordanchen23]

@@calebcorrea7556 they do. Just not what you're thinking of.

[@LeetMasterAce]

"That's literally the plot of Robocop" omg I laughed so hard at that

[@TheTonyEntertainment]

lol me too

[@AbyMartini]

Also, Inspector Gadget

[@dylanfarnum4121]

In the movie "Elysium" with Matt Damon, the police are robots. They are walking down the street scanning people's faces and stop when they get to him because he's on parole something. They search his backpack and break his arm with a baton lol

[@Mfh4907]

That Russia joke went sooooooo under appreciated

[@luigivercotti6410]

which one?

[@eitanamir7918]

Went right over the audiences head

[@vdinh143]

@@luigivercotti6410 the Ukraine one.

[@luigivercotti6410]

@@eitanamir7918 yes, but which one, the first or the second?

[@luigivercotti6410]

@@vdinh143 but a lotta people laughed on that, just with a ~1 second delay as is usual with the more clever jokes

[@gloriouscoco4477]

Wow, I cant believe John Oliver set up this entire war, to make the joke a little funnier.

[@DaDunge]

The war in Ukraine started in 2014 this video was made in 2019.

[@bopiusa]

Best comment on here. Kudos

[@amberroberts7749]

he's vlad now i get it it all he russian 60 baleding and a billionaire now i get it

[@KufLMAO]

@@DaDunge I think they were talking about the resurgence

[@DaDunge]

@@KufLMAO Imamaware but the point is predicting a resurgence of an ongoing conflict is not really that impressive.

[@mikemcconeghy4658]

"I feel like you're doing a British accent there." LOL

[@nonyabizness.original]

freakin hilarious! keeds, eye?

[@fandomguy8025]

Gee, I wonder why.

[@JasonMcCarrell]

I never thought of doing this to verify my accent. Ask a young kid to repeat what i say, then be "are you mocking me, because im Canadian?! oh... i just sound like that."

[@AvianSavara]

"These foreign countries took our jobs!" Nope... your very own american corporations gave them your jobs.

[@gsherlock]

Yep, why aren't you taking CEO's and boardrooms to task over doing this? Punch up, not down.

[@pardalxxx]

One of the reasons is that the left keep pushing the minimum wage higher and higher. No one will pay 15 dollars to a person. If they can pay 1 to someone in china

[@gsherlock]

@@pardalxxx It doesn't matter what minimum wage is in the US, other countries will always pay lower wages and companies will always try to save cents on the dollar, US corporations are money making machines and only care about the bottom line. People should be entitled to a living wage and thats what workers get in countries like Germany, you are clearly against the working class.

[@pardalxxx]

I think theres no consensus about how much is the minimum wage. Some cities are 8 others 15. What I know is that the machines does a better job and increasing the MW is not helping those workers. And its not the big companies. Check what happend with car wash businesses

[@gsherlock]

@@pardalxxx Minimum wage is certainly helping people in Australia without destroying jobs or the economy, thats right wing propaganda. There is going to be a need to adapt to new industries and training as old ones come to the end of their life, coal for instance is not an energy of the future.

[@PerfectlyLostMySanity]

When I grow up I wanna be a robot. That way I can be sure to have a plethora of job opportunities.

[@couragekarnga8735]

Thinking logically, are we?

[@steefan2248]

Lost My Sanity, you're on a roll in this comment section.

[@kartoffelwillipeter3067]

Are robots gonna take over KZbin Dark Souls 3 montage videos aswell?

[@FrodeBergetonNilsen]

Good luck, sex robot.

[@jokinglimitreached1503]

Cyborg, I see. Merging human and tech. Nice idea

[@jerrysizzler44]

The little girl copying his accent was so cute

[@LIITEMIES]

im bich slapping the whole world... political registry. do you know who you are voting? from all partys. i hawe a playlist now go play. Wit out info of participans woting is a broken unneeded Part of capitalism out of purpose towards democracy. A complete shame.

[@LIITEMIES]

i wonder how re distribution of shares (wtf is lol) for the ........ aint a thing when most of the population is out off a fysicall job. part time is so fucking steady.

[@soulkarver956]

@@LIITEMIES What the fuck are you talking about?

[@LIITEMIES]

@@soulkarver956 read.

[@soulkarver956]

@@LIITEMIES I did, and I agree but it's broken and unrelated to this comment. I saw you post nearly the exact same thing on another comment that was completely unrelated. Like I said, your point is good I'm just confused as to why you post it as a reply and not a singular comment.

[@xenohtype]

Ever since they took HBO off Dish, I’ve had been unable to get the full 30 minutes of my English rat bastard’s fix. Big sad. At least there’s still KZbin.

[@Raythe]

the only reason this isnt a full thity minutes is they delete the commercials O.o

[@AbhishekKumar98]

@@Raythe few other small segments are removed too

[@Sonny1065LV]

I feel your pain, I thought dish would get HBO back by now.

[@stdev.]

@@Raythe No, it's because this is just "main story" segment, without the "quick recap" of recent events at the start of the show. HBO doesn't have commercials.

[@anaisgarcia4131]

Here's one with slightly better quality kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5XMo3ZnqquXjrc

[@ggoob3020]

john oliver destroying kids dreams is something ive wanted for a long time thank you

[@sammyp4112]

newt scamemeder terrible

[@14gears55]

Might as well start while they are young...get them ready for the real world

[@michelemittelbronn8985]

@@14gears55 0.

[@JaydevRaol]

Lol

[@amberroberts7749]

you find joy in that?

[@lydia8226]

Sucks that we even have to see automation as a bad thing. We should rejoice in “losing” and freeing up our time but unfortunately we have to earn the right to live

[@michaelspicer1987]

Exactly the earth doesn't charge us to be here. Just corporations who have bottled up and packaged everything to charge to us at a price.

[@isawadelapradera6490]

@@michaelspicer1987 That's... that's actually the best way to put it I've ever seen. Props.

[@Mysteri0usChannel]

You want money? Do something for it. It's not okay to leech off of the success of others.

[@isawadelapradera6490]

@@Mysteri0usChannel In the end everyone's just "leeching off" off the earth's resources, and subsequently the sun. Justifying life only by the extraction of those resources means justifying life only by its exhaustion of the environment. So either there's more to the right to live or we all might as well die too.

[@Mysteri0usChannel]

@@isawadelapradera6490 exploiting the environment is something completely different from exploiting thinking, living human beings.

[@mylittlevowels]

*shows picture of Russia* “Russia” *shows picture of Ukraine* “Russia” Oof 😂

[@richardalderman2752]

Picture of America : Russia

[@clb4947]

@@richardalderman2752 😂😂

[@carultch]

That's a reference to Putin having territorial ambitions over owning Ukraine's land again. Ukraine was prime real estate in the Soviet Union because of its capacity for agriculture and its ice-free ports in the Black Sea.

[@skyskynomnom4674]

I didn’t even catch that 😂 so smooth

[@andrewmelnikov292]

As an Ukrainian I'm laughing here a quiet laugh.

[@konstanzefaust9983]

"But I don't know what it means...." That poor girl at the end represents what most of us struggle with.

[@kyleblackburn8776]

In addition to automation the people who keep saying that other countries are "stealing" jobs never take into account that the businesses in their own borders actively choose to move production out of country due to contempt for the expense of hiring locals, their native country's own laws concerning worker pay and/or treatment, inherent contempt for workers as an expense to be managed that takes away from a profit margin, and above all else simply to get out of paying their taxes by moving money around.

[@bennyton2560]

couldn't have said any better

[@jokarpinski22]

John, Andrew Yang goes into depth about this exact topic. I know other media think he is simply a joke, but I think while unsustainable in our current era, his ideas are far before their time. I think your program could give him a just and balanced investigative report. Instead of how both sides of the mainstream media fear him and label him a crackpot.

[@danielshults5243]

It's simply the nature of a free global market. When competition can come from anywhere in the world, the best, cheapest products win with consumers, and the cheapest labor allows the companies who make them to succeed and grow. Location is no longer an issue, as goods and talent can be sourced and moved from anywhere. It's a mistake to think of this as anyone's "fault," it is simply the world we live in.

[@Listening_Books12345]

@@danielshults5243 The 'fault' implied here is by inherently bigoted people who ignore this very obvious aspect of the changing job market and convince an entire voter base that the problem is solely caused predominantly by one outside country and then stirs up hatred for people from that country, until eventually the president is shutting down the government and declaring a national emergency in order to force funding for a wall across the southern border.

[@platosrepublic6965]

Kyle Blackburn That’s a product of capitalism. Get labor for the cheapest you can.

[@RockelLin]

Mermaid doctors definitely do a series of non-routine task that require social intelligence, complex critical thinking, and creative problem solving.

[@waveplay3978]

best comment!

[@DickerFetterSteinLPs]

And they are still going to lose their jobs to robots? Nobody is safe

[@DickerFetterSteinLPs]

@Mike do you really want to live incarcerated by a robot that will get bored of you after a week, only getting fed when it's convenient for your owner and destined to die from a treatable disease because the vet is too expensive?

[@TheFeldhamster]

Mike hmmmmm, sushi!

[@strangelic4234]

@RockelLin But if Oliver is right about ocean temperatures, mermaid doctors will only be able to specialize in pathology.

[@themindofxx9678]

The Ukraine = Russia joke has aged extremely well.

[@mdogzino]

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine was already on thin ice by 2014

[@simonscience5846]

Or poorly, depending on how you look at it

[@amberroberts7749]

ya i know Ukraine is just a small russia it aged like milk

[@dr_sax1479]

It aged extremely well in the sense that Trump is considered to be a Russian asset, so Ukraine being Russia in his head might be accurate

[@DopeyDetector]

Durrrr

[@tragicgame1829]

"If you're trying to murder a lumberjack, it's probably best just to hire him and wait" 😂🤣

[@samiraperi467]

Heeeeeeeee's a lumberjack and he's okay

[@kellyx340]

Samira Peri he puts on woman’s clothing and hangs around at bars 😱

[@carultch]

@@kellyx340 He's pining for the mighty rivers of British Columbia.

[@adelaamarante]

"Tah-sks" "I feel like you're doing a British accent."

[@JAContes]

That was great haha

[@willritter4076]

I'd be honored if some fellow John Oliver fans who appreciate 80s power ballads would check out my acoustic piano & vocal performances of AGAINST ALL ODDS by Phil Collins, EYE OF THE TIGER by Survivor, and PURPLE RAIN by Prince on my YT channel in tribute to the legends. Live acoustic with no autotune. Thanks and keep on rocking.

[@sapegin]

Teller jobs have increased, but teller jobs now pay substantially less than they did in 1980. We need to consider standard of living and societal losses as much as monetary losses. This is about more than just money

[@jmanakajosh9354]

Woah! Facts love this comment!

[@haterboy4740]

Why? The factory owners will get incredibly wealthy and the workers will stay poor. Classic Kaptitalism🤷‍♂️.

[@SneakyBadAssOG]

Also, the problem is, these automatizations are taking jobs of well...average joe. If Joe pulls a lever every day for the past 20 years and you remove the lever, what he will do? The only thing he knew is to pull a lever. Yes, automatization is creating jobs, but these jobs are for new generations or middle-upper class (coding, designing etc). What happens with working class or old people? Especially with absolutely horrible safety nets.

[@jmanakajosh9354]

@Mike Hegarty Wells Fargo its REAL banking for REAL Capitalists!

[@MrBlaktoe]

Do they actually make less or are they making the same, as the cost of living continually rises? This is how wage stagnation works. And it's interesting that you note the 80's because that's when the neoliberal program of wage stagnation and corporate welfare really got into high gear.

[@Ratigan2]

I know this is insignificant, but I was so happy when he mentioned my country's name. As it is a very small country unknown to most of the world and for them to chose it instead of the other 140 that they could have chosen just made me feel like my country was a little special (even though they were mocking it). I'm so proud to be a citizen of Zanadu.

[@cattornado]

Isn't that the name of the estate from the movie "Citizen Kane"?

[@johnp1277]

John Oliver wasn't mocking your country, he was mocking Trump's inability to pronounce fairly easy to pronounce names of countries

[@roshnipatel2000]

He wasn’t mocking your country, he was mocking Trump’s speech patterns.

[@calebcorrea7556]

wait what country are you actually from

[@Ratigan2]

@@calebcorrea7556 Vanuatu 😊

[@timpape5064]

I feel like your doing a British accent there Zoe...... i am cryin!

[@tomasxfranco]

*you're

[@FleetiePie]

the last thing she said "i like.. don't know what it means" also sounded like it was in a british accent. god, she was so cute. i can't

[@Kisamaism]

@@tomasxfranco ur*

[@fandomguy8025]

@@FleetiePie In that part she sounds more like a Californian to me.

[@84blizzle]

19:00 "I feel like you're doing a British accent there, Zoe." Lol 😂

[@joshuaachampong848]

"And once I perfect it, i'm gonna take your job John"

[@MeesterG]

I'm a teacher in the Netherlands. A lot of teachers are talking about this subject and are working out how to change the ckass so we prepare the kids for the future. They've calling it 21st century skills. This video gave me a better perspective on the subject, I'll try to pass it on to the kids, thanks! :D

[@johndonovan7897]

Read 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari.

[@HobertMallow]

I am a robotic engineer, and John pictured the most accurate representation of the situation that I have seen from someone who does not work in the field. Thank you for that!

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

"Do you think a robot could do my job?" ..."What is your job?" REKT.

[@shaunvictory1201]

ll Kasper ll yeahp

[@NoRezos]

@James Mara You realized that all of them have TV Shows before Trump got into office. They still find any materials even after Trump is out. The only thing Trump gives them is the example of how low is the bar.

[@ericvulgate]

@James Mara dumbass

[@quintonjones8854]

@James Mara yeah cuz these shows totally werent around before Trump...are you seriously that dense?

[@johndotto2773]

@@quintonjones8854 They are. Arguing with these people are no use. They're psychologically faulty, and must need genuine help.

[@nonamedrumguy1049]

That girl at the end who gave the answer of wanting to be a "rockstar-ballerina" - Lindsey Sterling paved your way, so you go for it!

[@e32b61]

Stirling’s not really a ballerina OR a rock star, but ok.

[@nonamedrumguy1049]

@@e32b61 She absolutely is. Combines traditional choreography with some kickass music. Expand your definition of "rock star" ;P

[@e32b61]

NoName DrumGuy I'm not going to debate the merits of anyone's music. But let's start off by saying that ballerina is right out. Having choreography in your shows doesn't make you a ballerina just because you took serious ballet lessons as a kid. Second- you can layer all the EDM and Hot Topic/Evanescence-inspired steam punk outfits you want over your autotuned covers of Nu Metal songs, but at the end of the day: A Mormon who plays the violin cannot not be a rockstar. Not even if you do all the things mentioned above. I am being a little facetious, but not much. Again, this is not about the quality of her music. It just isn't rock and roll. "Rock star" is not a compliment. It's a job description. David Bowie and Klaus Noomi were both awesome. Only one was a rock star.

[@cicihouston6965]

Nope. Vanessa Carlton is closer (well, pop star ballerina, not rock). She did at least train at a highly professional level in ballet. Even then, there is a difference in being a professional ballet dancer or a "ballerina". Though misused, the term actually applies to a rare sort of pedigree at the top of her particular style in the ballet world. Please stop calling anyone who took Dolly Dinkle classes at age 5 a "ballerina".

[@carter5548]

I saw her live and I was 100% thinking the same thing. One of the most incredible performances I've ever seen. Her choreography is unbelievable considering she's doing it all while playing the violin. And yes it is real. She accidentally dropped her violin on stage.

[@jamesb6843]

I was really expecting a robot John Oliver to appear

[@threepoint14159265]

How do you know it didn't?

[@rorykirklnd8957]

i was searisouly expecting him to be like "and thsi problem is so bad that I'M being replaced by a robot" -robot with a cardboard cutout of his face aperes and speaks in the clasic robot voice- hEllO I am YouR hOSt

[@mawuwus]

I really was waiting for the robot tea kettle to reappear

[@josephhartmann6976]

So you want to have a Trashcan?😂

[@jurametall1228]

Me too!

[@PatrickSturgill]

The word robot literally comes from the Czech word, robota, translating to "forced labor" or "servitude" and has been around since the 1920s.

[@gmoney5947]

Patrick Sturgill thats fucked up....robot revolt. Are robots a protected class? 😂

[@Saturn_Rising]

source...??

[@ofulgor]

@@Saturn_Rising "R.U.R." by the Czech writer Karel Čapek. It's a 1920 science fiction play.

[@gmoney5947]

Virgo Queen www.npr.org/2011/04/22/135634400/science-diction-the-origin-of-the-word-robot Instead of being Veruca Salt, why don’t you just research it yourself? I guess you’re too busy on instagram?

[@mortisCZ]

Hello from Czech Republic. I've been asked about this word a few times during my life so I did some research in linguistics and the closest english term is "serf"...which in real terms is a feudal tag for slave bound to land.

[@EternalYorkieMom]

All of those are things that I do as a Customer Service Representative all day!! Thank you for making me feel validated when certain people from previous generations do not understand why I’m happy where I’m at.

[@NewMessage]

Can't wait to see 'Last Week Tonight With Zoe' in 15 years.

[@phatmantv]

Haha, 15 years. Good one

[@waderidsdale7853]

I'd give it 7 1/2 years...

[@imaginaryboy2000]

Zoe-bot, maybe

[@dilbertresvicksonburg4273]

i'm not sure which is more manufactured. your comments or the likes.

[@icyknightmare4592]

What economists tend to completely miss about modern automation with their comparisons to the past is what exactly is being automated. Previous automation largely replaced muscle power for doing physical work, and extremely narrow computational tasks. Automation has never before threatened the usefulness of the human brain before. Now, AI is increasingly moving into areas that were exclusively human only a decade ago. What makes "this time different" is that humans no longer have a total monopoly on intelligence. It's still going to be a long time before someone develops a human level AGI, but you don't need that to replace the majority of jobs. The average human worker will not have the extensive education and technical knowledge to take advantage of the new jobs created by AI, of which there will be far fewer than jobs that are automated away.

[@onah]

I think this is the point about us not being able to imagine what jobs of the future will look like. How have you been this past two years?

[@Skyscraper125]

I've been getting into computer programming and one example of this I think people don't fully understand is how programmers are trained to program such that we don't need to program the same things. Fundamentally, the only thing a human can really do that is indefinitely "workable" is come up with ideas of things that *don't exist* and make them exist. Being able to come up with solutions to problems that don't exist, nobody asked for, but everyone wants is an extremely *human* thing that is far more rewarding than making roughly same 5 machines or writing roughly the same 5 programs with some variation..maybe even making 5 different neural nets every day if you're all fancy every day 5 days a week.. The problem with the *fear of automation* or anyone's push against it is that the *people that hate the job the most* are the ones that are being innovative enough to find ways to automate it. . Look at that guy who doesn't want their son to be a lumberjack, THOSE are the types of people *all humans* can become if we don't limit ourselves to thinking in a bubble of 1 career path for life. Only when we are able to break the chains society places on us that label us as one thing or another can we truly open our mind enough to fix the MANY problems that the world faces when you have thousands of different career paths unknowingly and often unwillingly screwing up the world because it's just them doing what they know how to do. People call them "Renascence Men & Women" but I like to call them what they really are... "Human beings".

[@Fetidaf]

I think the point is that people in that day thought the same thing, that certain jobs or tasks were safe or that they’d be completely wiped out which just hasn’t been the case. There will always be a need for humans, whether that’s inherent to the job or simply people’s preference or comfort level… as that changes, which it inevitably will, more jobs will be created to circumvent that issue.

[@Fetidaf]

@@br-ig3pr yes? I thought that was a pretty objectively good thing to do. We, as a society and generally as a species, want less labor intensive tasks and more mentally intensive ones since that’s what advances society. Either that or it would help with the labor intensive tasks requiring less people and time to complete the task. This isn’t a class warfare thing, it’s helping laborers so we’ll need less laborers and can do more shit. If you’re going from the “top” rather than the bottom you’re stifling that growth unless done in a very particular manner.

[@cabbage4548]

“Policeman” “A robot could do that. That’s literally the plot of RoboCop”

[@tommyt1971]

And just to be clear, that's RoboCop, NOT ED-209!!

[@pizzafacesuperleipoman8634]

The real question is if you have to dumb down robots to be cops.

[@pizzafacesuperleipoman8634]

"SAT scawes like that ya could be a fuckin' astronaut."

[@praetorkhas1644]

Adult: What do you want to be when you grow up? Me: A robot.

[@eddiew2325]

no offense but im a robot and gay

[@parasite-2757]

@@eddiew2325 im gay but not a robot

[@auticrat]

@@eddiew2325 im bi and both robot and not robot 😎

[@marcustulliuscicero9647]

Andrew Yang is the only candidate talking candidly about this major issue. Was a Bernie fan in 2016, but after hearing Yang's Joe Rogan interview my eyes were really opened. Minimum wage and free college won't be useful when automation hits, and it will hit hard. Yang Gang to secure the bag and secure American jobs!

[@biohyde6039]

There is no way that can be done without a fight. And when you look at the issue you should not think it as an American problem, people are exploited all over the world. Even if they throw you a bone time to time - it is done by over exploiting other workers in other corners of the world. There is no American vs Russian vs German vs Chinese. There is Worker vs Exploitators. Remember this when the capital brings about the next world war.

[@hypermiraclepositivegirl2415]

The occupation done by humans keeps changing all the time.Yes ppl will lose jobs but that doesn’t mean u should stop automation which will have far more dire consequences than losing jobs.Issues like poverty can never be completely solved,we can only reduce the impact it has on the poorest ppl in the country.Our only hope for this is education only cuz every policy implemented will start becoming outdated due to the current progress rate of humans.Even if America wants to implement some really good plan,it will affect it economically which will lead to the country falling behind...leading to larger loss of soft power,influence,etc....so u see we have to come up with something on a global scale...

[@TV-xv1le]

Automation scares me. Currently I feel very vulnerable in my position. Dont get me wrong automation made my job easier but it no longer feels fulfilling. To keep it short I work in a NOC for a fairly large company. Automation is capable of finding and dispatching issues before you can blink an eye. A few years ago that was not the case. For example on an average night we may have 5 or 6 people staffed. I'm convinced we could cut staffing down to 2 people a night on average because of how much automation handles now for us. Give it a few years and won't need anyone.

[@Odinsday]

Bernie would probably turn to someone like Yang for advice on issues like these.

[@jujuria13]

Remember when John Oliver downplayed the 2016 dnc scandal and claimed that Hillary still won fairly? he's downplaying automation

[@yonex310]

Andrew Yang should've been mentioned here. He's the only Cadidate taking the automation issue seriously.

[@kingjamestres]

If this was a topic about presidential candidates then it would make sense but this is about current policy makers not potential new ones.

[@Bayard1503]

Hm, I thought I heard Sanders mention it on CNN

[@InsidetheEclipse21]

I was definitely expecting at least a UBI mention on good principle, if not specifically a Yang mention.

[@MKMK-bj2sk]

Universal Basic Income

[@MKMK-bj2sk]

YANG2020

[@skellington1990]

Andrew Yang is running for president and this is his tentpole issue. We need to start having a serious conversation about what happens when the millions of Americans are suddenly without jobs. I don't think Yang will get the nomination but I'm super glad he's in the race to bring up this conversation

[@aronchai]

Agreed.

[@fede018]

Let me guess, he's another independent who is definitely not like everyone else, right?

[@Apelynn]

@@fede018 No, he's a Democrat who is definitely not like anyone else. Your should definitely educate yourself about him.

[@austinm5630]

@Brion StrongholdLuddite? No. Retarded? No. Socialist? Debatable. Electable? Absolutely not. And that last part is the ONLY thing ANYONE needs to know about ANY Democrat in 2020. If you have zero chance of winning, GTFO. Only the grownups need apply. I really wish more of John Oliver's audience would tune in to Bill Maher, but sadly there seems to be very little crossover between the two audiences. And only the type of people in Maher's audience are living in reality. Oliver makes LOTS of great points, but tries to remain mostly neutral. Neutrality is a serious problem in the era of Trump. People need to be biased. Biased towards facts, biased towards pragmatism, and biased towards winning, but biased just the same. And neither Yang nor his supporters are any of those. Still, stick with insults that are valid. He's no idiot, he's just not electable.

[@Snaggbash2000]

@Brion Stronghold >Yang's a luddite are you slow perhaps? he's proposing a solution when technology will take over the majority driver jobs as opposed to try and stop technology to keep people in the workforce, as a luddite would do.

[@parkour267]

"Work a series of non routine tasks that require social intelligence, complex critical thinking, and creative problem solving." Updating my resume right now as a electrical technician in the automation industry. Thanks John. Haven't thought about it since I started this career but these traits hit spot on with what I do on a daily basis.

[@Dole-ko1iu]

CGP Greys "Humans need not apply" watch it! It is verry good at showing why optimism in human labor may be misplaced...

[@GtdAquataine]

Grey, Kurzgesagt, and now John Oliver have hit this issue at different times during this process, they've all got some interesting takes on it.

[@BlitzkriegOmega]

Comparing humans to horses. Grim, but not wrong. We are going to be rendered unhireable because we are human and not a robot

[@ilovefunnyamv2nd]

You wouldnt have a job posting for a robot job, you would just but the mechanical slave for a fair market value

[@RKroese]

F.E.A.R.

[@neeneko]

@@BlitzkriegOmega Yeah. Considering historically humans have demonstrated remarkable flexibility in how we see groups of people according to economic pressures. People always find some other rationalization.. but at the end of the day, there are enough people who believe whatever rich people say to shape ethics accordingly.

[@emmajay5666]

Time for Johnny cricket and his hour of tea and crumpets

[@DrDoomTheOptimist]

Wish they would write an hour every week!!

[@charlesprichard5235]

He looks like a near sighted parrot

[@JamesonScalia]

$$$ More like time for the simultaneously smartest and funniest man that exists on the entire planet Earth 🌍 $$$

[@ToMgRoEbE]

#yang2020

[@vka337]

Bolder dash.

[@amharbinger]

Mechanical Slaves, Skynet has been triggered.

[@ptahtao1950]

I laughed way too hard at this...and now skynet knows

[@Raythe]

skynet also knows you can't spell Mechanical

[@spinner771]

Wait till it finds out about the 3/5ths clause 😓😓😓

[@magisterrleth3129]

@@spinner771 0/5's clause for machines. Humanity first.

[@DuranmanX]

to be fair, IIRC the word robot comes from the slavic word for slave

[@UnReaLgeek]

18:48 Hi, I’m a stagehand, trust me, there is actually very little left to automate in a cost-effective manner. It’s very non-routine, despite everything being some form of routine.

[@lucazza3159]

All of you guys criticizing robots dont realize they gonna be reading these comments when they evolve.

[@TheTonyEntertainment]

lol fuck em! noo wait please don't kill me

[@modtick]

it's already too late for most of us.

[@nanObytez-kb5ru]

They already are. KZbin uses an algorithm to promote comments to the top of the list

[@mrd1228]

nanO.bytez yikes 👀

[@GlassesnMouthplates]

[This comment and the person who wrote it have been erased from existence by WATCHINGROBOT.exe]

[@jijumonm2345]

Crushing those children's dreams. Just beautiful

[@grass7864]

Better now then when they're in college and $200,000 in debt (the average college cost is going to be double that if we keep allowing them to inflate prices like they do). It's going to happen either way, might as well warn them as soon as possible.

[@danieljensen2626]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about the even bigger effect this has on income inequality. When automation makes the average worker 10 times more productive what happens to their salary? Nothing, the company just increases executive pay and takes the rest in profit. We've already seen this happen and it's only going to get worse.

[@jmanakajosh9354]

Amen!

[@owenkeller2748]

...and reduces prices to consumers. I always feel like this gets missed in the conversation

[@BOYVIRGO666]

@@owenkeller2748 It kinda doesnt. Prices of many goods have stayed stable pegged to inflation for years. In other cases they have gone up. Salaries though have not risen in 30 years which makes good more expensive for consumers

[@coolstuffunboxings1127]

But there will be people that have to maintain these robots and actually help develop them

[@jackwatson8172]

Yet the average consumer is able to afford a smart phone... A device that provides, texting/calling, emails, internet etc. Rewind “30 years” and then explain to me how all of the devices needed would work out less expensive than what an iPhone costs.

[@KuchiKaeschtliTV]

Cruel parents let their childs dream destroyed for laughs by a mean british owl

[@elliotthannam8374]

that sounds like a comment that'd show up in John's "Personal experience with mean comments" bits. And I love it

[@Jekyllstein_Gray]

AKA British parents.

[@googiegress]

"You are not getting into Hogwarts, motherfucker" *flies away*

[@ViktorEngelmann]

In capitalism, there is no such thing as "stealing a job", because you don't "own" your job. Your job owns you - and it will throw you out, the very minute someone better and/or cheaper is willing to take "your" job.

[@Kermlity]

Bro. Pessimism is not attractive. But, for some reason pragmatism kind of is and for me at least those two things overlap non stop.

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

@@Kermlity It's not necessarily pessimistic, it's more of an anti capitalist statement than anything

[@janpeternelj2309]

Lol is that soviet Russia joke? XD

[@ViktorEngelmann]

@@whensomethingcriesagain I consider it a neutral observation of how the system works. That you can't "own" a job is just a logical conclusion of that.

[@jnavonoD]

And yet, it is the best system we have, responsible for lifting millions out of poverty.

[@WilliamShakspere]

I thought I was the only one who was going to mention Andrew Yang! So glad to see other people are talking about him

[@willritter4076]

yeah, Andrew Yang is enjoying some serious love from the KZbin algorithm today, he's got all the top comments on this very heavily viewed video... I'd be honored if some John Oliver & Andrew Yang fans who appreciate 80s power ballads would check out my acoustic piano & vocal performances of AGAINST ALL ODDS by Phil Collins, EYE OF THE TIGER by Survivor, and PURPLE RAIN by Prince on my YT channel in tribute to the legends. Live acoustic with no autotune. Thanks and keep on rocking.

[@dawnarnett]

Andrew Yang and Bernie are my top choices for president.

[@danielkoselka2839]

John Delaney 2020. Has great ideas to deal with automation that can actually get done.

[@danielkoselka2839]

Delaney 2020

[@Masaru_kun]

i just wish he wasnt so regressive on the topic of education. he seriously sees college as private job training and not of public benefit to society. he needs to wake up on that

[@tazdolla5590]

The naming of the countries we never heard of was brilliant. I went back like 10 times to catch those jokes.👏👏John

[@ohmyblindman]

while I skipped forward, the Russia one was on point.

[@bettyemilton8597]

Saudi Arabia = Jared's friends 😅😅😅

[@bazileia9222]

Yeah that was brilliant, but I still.don't understand what he says when it's Romania :))

[@larrylarrabee8486]

@@bazileia9222 the medium gross lettuce

[@ronniejoepublic]

“I want to do a Series of non-routine tasks that requires social intelligence, complex critical thinking, and creative problem-solving.”

[@googiegress]

"Bespoke Orgyist"

[@darkeimp555]

Listing Ukraine as Russia omg lol It's horrible but I couldn't help laughing.

[@arealpatriot2177]

In recent news, google now recognizes Crimea as a part of Russia

[@穎娜]

Why not list Belarus

[@Oddi92]

@@arealpatriot2177 Only in Russia. In my country it's marked as disputed territory. On Google maps in Ukraine it's recognised as Ukrainian. TV Rain was shown in both countries, but was thrown out of Ukraine after showing a map of Russia that included Crimea. According to them, Russian law requires that media use maps that show Crimea as a part of Russia. So Google has to tailor the maps for each country.

[@SD-ni9jh]

Well it actually just is.

[@bvedant]

Darke Imp that's what Trump would call Ukraine was the point

[@lilsniper117]

"Dont worry, they'll create more jobs for us!" - the horse of 1915

[@ThatLaloBoy]

Racing horses? Equestrian?

[@CowboyxWayne]

@@ThatLaloBoy Glue?

[@Oney105]

CowboyxWayne sisscors

[@AlexSmith-jj9ul]

The 40% of people agriculture turned out fine they found new jobs

[@clunedawgie]

lilsniper117 yuy

[@Phalxxx]

Wish he'd addressed the potential for human civilization to shift away from job-oriented livelihood. The advent of mass automation could very well, over time, lead us to a place where we don't need to work to survive, live, or even thrive. Human pursuits could be based on interest, passion, art, entertainment, scientific advancement, and voluntary craftsmanship. This would, of course, take a massive shift in economic and societal paradigms, but this is where I see it leading. Well, either that, or a dystopian nightmare. Honestly not sure which is more of a fantasy.

[@outeast999]

You know how the nutjobs like to yell "that's communism"? Well, the utopian and often overtly "communist" texts I used to read as a kid made exactly these predictions all the time. Sadly no sign of moving in that direction... whereas old-school dystopian sci-fi often feels like it was used as a mission statement. My money's on the dystopia.

[@keveinkevin4422]

Fuck off commie. You will slave into your 70s and so will your children.

[@keveinkevin4422]

human greed has no limit

[@Jarjarvideos]

There is an inherent issue in this though. When we don't have work, or some set schedule for things that we need to do (eg. School, taking kids to school, jobs, etc) we lose the structure in our life and more easily fall to depression. We become lazy and start to hate ourselves for that. I think that's partly why this generation is so depressed. It's difficult to know how we could handle that when we reached that point.

[@quigonmidd]

From a business perspective. Automation is the shit! It separates time from money which allows you to generate tons of profits. In turn you use those to educate folks and create charities.

[@zeblith]

1:37 And of all the countries listed, Trump still found a new one yesterday: Thailand as "thighland".

[@carultch]

There's a city called Fuckett in Thighland. It's English's use of TH and PH as digraphs for the sounds of þ and F, that leads to this misunderstanding. PH and TH in Romanized Thai both make sounds closer to P and T, than to F and þ. But still distinctly different from standalone P and T, in ways English speakers aren't accustomed to hearing.

[@nope2942]

I always pronounced phuket as "phuhket" instead of fuckett

[@ghumakkad509]

That Russia joke was the best one😆😆🤣🤣

[@YarrBr0]

Ukraine?

[@ghumakkad509]

@@YarrBr0 yes😂

[@bhavyadubey1914]

@TheDeerHunterPA Pakistan has no claim to Kashmir

[@Piecemaker1975]

@@YarrBr0 That and plus: Russia has no "alternative" name and correctly called "Russia" by Trump.

[@bitnev]

Russia is not a joke. Russian Federation is.

[@emptynukacolabottle5822]

You know, comedy can be automated *Codsworth, tell me a joke.*

[@iloveskittles87]

Empty Nuka Cola Bottle Nick Valentine is he only sex not I need.

[@gkm2928]

War is not about who is right, but who is left

[@Stray7]

"I'm sorry, sir, my humor condensers need more time to recharge."

[@CosmicGaijin]

Haha right away master! Did you know that the best form of contraception for the elderly is nudity?

[@Psychol-Snooper]

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says, "Does this taste funny to you?"

[@rmarques8156]

"That's a fact! What is that fact based on? Nothing, other than my total conviction that is true." If your president can do stuff like that, so do you, John!

[@ainumahtar]

Except John is also capable of admitting it, and 45 never will.

[@genieglasslamp5028]

He played it as a joke. Trump is complaining serious.

[@DickVanDyke8D]

It is a fact Ricardo, If your bored take a tour for a manufacturing plant an ask how many jobs USED to run a section of the process. You'll soon see how automation is maximizing profits for companies by reducing jobs.

[@rmarques8156]

For those who didn't undestand the joke: Trump gives his opinions, that are based on nothing, like they are facts. I'm saying that it's all right for others to do that, since the president trivialized that kind of behaviour. Please, try reading a book once in a while so you can understand a simple comment and don't take everything you read on youtube so seriously :)

[@journeebewildin]

Nobody: Not a single soul: *Shows picture of Zambia* John: *Zumba*

[@innocentmumba2573]

That made me laugh lol

[@VC-xj1fs]

John Oliver and children is such a great combo.

[@linphillips8331]

Love the little sweetheart who said "tosks."

[@subaduck]

There are tons of modern-day mechanical slaves. It's called "working for Amazon."

[@slimxdi]

Don't forget "mechanical turks" www.mturk.com/

[@LIITEMIES]

im bich slapping the whole world... political registry. do you know who you are voting? from all partys. i hawe a playlist now go play. Wit out info of participans woting is a broken unneeded Part of capitalism out of purpose towards democracy. A complete shame.

[@LIITEMIES]

i wonder how re distribution of shares (wtf is lol) for the ........ aint a thing when most of the population is out off a fysicall job. part time is so fucking steady.

[@dcamron46]

@@LIITEMIES Wow, do you know how to speak English, or use a keyboard? I've never seen a more confusing post in my life. At the individual word, sentence, and paragraph level, this is the most ridiculous attempt at writing I've ever seen in my life.

[@LIITEMIES]

@@dcamron46 i giwe a fuck.. grammar nazi.

[@Jon.A.Scholt]

Why I took a sip of water during the countries rundown I don't know, but what I do know is I deserved it when I lost it at "Kyrgyzstan, F that"

[@TilveranWrites]

I'm going with Car guy's stand.

[@jasim6884]

I think it was a Borat reference

[@TommyBahamy]

Gay water 😂

[@enygmaenigmatic8156]

Im pretty disappointed he didn't end with Haiti and saying "Shithole". That would have killed with the crowd

[@HiImKangarou]

@@jasim6884 I think it's just that Trump, if ever tasked with pronouncing Kyrgyzstan, would instead say "F that".

[@idealbrandmarketing]

Everytime I watch Jon Oliver I like him more and more.

[@michelledavis7413]

I asked my 4 year old what he wanted to be and he said “a bubble”. All i could say was “okay”.

[@356ALX]

A friend told me a story about his niece and nephew who wanted to go on a local TV station's kid show...Mr. Bill's Hour. It was nothing more than an hour of buffoonery with kids chatting with a jovial old guy named Mr. Bill and cartoons and Little Rascal episodes, but the best part was getting to watch themselves on TV the following week. Their Mom made the arrangements and the kids were ecstatic. Knowing the format of the show, she thought it best to prepare the kid in advance...what kind of questions he might ask and what kinds of things he might discuss with the kids. Besides things like their name and age and what school they attended and what grade they were in and the names of their pets, Mom got it right when telling the kid's to plan on talking about Santa Claus because the show was to be taped in mid-December. At the television station studio, Mom sat proudly in the audience section watching her two little spit-shined darlings sitting in the little three-tiered platform where the kids were gathered...each and every one grinning and laughing and twitching in their seat. Her daughter 'Abbey' and son 'Nolan' were the first and second child on the middle row. With studio lights bright and camera rolling, Mr. Bill starts workin' the front row...asking each child what they hoped Santa would bring them. Abbey's excited eyes turned to her Mom as if to say, 'Yes! I've got this! Mom and I talked about this!' She was ready for her turn with Mr. Bill, growing more and more excited as Mr. Bill neared the end of the front row and would soon begin to chat with the kids on the second row. Abbey was a Mama's girl. She loved primping at the mirror with her Mom...brushing and styling her hair and dabbling in her makeup and perfume...Mom playfully putting a little touch of lipstick on Abbey's lips and a little hint of color on her cheeks. Big fun. She had sent a letter to Santa hoping he could make girl-time even more fun. Finally, Mr. Bill has finished talking with the last child on the front row, learning from each and every one what they hoped would await them under the tree on Christmas morning...then he moves around so he can talk to Abbey, Nolan and the rest of the awaiting giggling kids. He glances at her name tag and then "Heeeeeellooooooo Abbey!!!!!!". Abbey's face is nothing but one huge grin...eyes as big as saucers. Mom is smiling almost as wide watching her. But there was one thing Mom failed to tell the kids in their preparations and rehearsals. Sometimes when Mr. Bill moves from one row to another, he sometimes changes the conversation and questions. Thus resulting in a little girl named Abbey, bursting with excitement, exclaiming at the top of her lungs when asked what she wanted to be when she grew up..."A BLOWDRYER!!!!" (I like the way your little boy thinks...there's a video of a little boy at his kindergarten 'graduation' who thinks long and hard when asked what he wanted to be when he grew up...he stares at the floor in silent thought for about five seconds then looks up at his teacher and says in a little voice that was both cute and sad at the same time..."I don't want to grow up.")

[@Gnaaal]

~20 years ago in elementary school we read a story set some time in the future where everyone typically worked half an hour per week, basically checking up on the machines, and spent the rest of the time with the family or education etc. This is what we should strive after imho. Automation isn't the problem, but rather ensuring a good distribution of the benefits. Automation today is done to increase profits, this needs to change, somehow.

[@memyselfandinobodyfromnowh9087]

Gnaal I plan on contributing to this change by voting #yang2020

[@noahvanhyning7752]

good luck

[@jonas90.]

Gnaal, problem is: every single media sells the opposite idea. Any individual who at leasts watches the Venus Project comes to that perception of what you just wrote. Hopefully you get to the top comment.

[@windosa2006]

The thing is 99% of jobs are going to be automated at some point in the future. Then we can all chill and do other stuff. But the problem is the transitioning process. What's gonna happen when 50% of the population is working and the other 50% isn't. Are 50% on welfare while the other 50% is working? How much are we supposed to pay those on welfare? If you pay them too much, noone is going to want to work. If you pay them too little, there is going to be a civil war because over 50% are poor. I thought about this many times and I'm yet to think of a solution for this.

[@FastingDelicacy]

@@windosa2006 I think there are a few solutions to this, but my favorite is this, and hear me out: Universal Basic Income. What if, instead of welfare as it's structured now, everyone, that's EVERYONE, who is a citizen over 16 gets a monthly or weekly stipend. Let's say the amount is $1000/month. This isn't a whole lot of money. 12,000 a year is definitely hard to live on (though possible, if you have roommates and flexible eating habits), so most people will want to find a job to increase their quality of living. We will still have jobs that are worth a little, or a lot. And we will still have rich people and poor people. The disparity just won't be as large. If you're asking "how will the government get enough money to give everyone $1000/month!? How much are these working people being taxed?" - I invite you to consider the question yourself. How does how much the jobs are taxed change people's behavior when the choice is still not working and getting the minimum, or working and receiving a bit more income? How do you feel about our current circumstance with billions of dollars in offshore accounts, just because collecting that much money is a status symbol?

[@JaceyChase]

"You're wrong about that. It has absolutely everything to do with Philadelphia." 😂I lived in Philly for years and yes, it's true.

[@jamestown8398]

The "mechanical slaves" part had me laughing hard. Well done Oliver!

[@SuperHappyNotMerry]

John Oliver and kids is precious

[@mk_30th]

"Fiji - gay water".. 😂😂 I am from Fiji and boy it is full of gay.. true story. Definitely the water! 🤔🧐🤓

[@janpeternelj2309]

So this is the water that turns frogs gay.

[@rayb63]

@@janpeternelj2309 It's the tap water

[@brenyatta]

Jan Peternelj That deserves a slow clap. 👏🏻...👏🏻...👏🏻...👏🏻

[@theofficialsikris]

@@janpeternelj2309 Do you understand that? ERR ERR ERR! CRAP!

[@mackielunkey2205]

Jan Peternelj I think Alex Jones would like to vacay there.

[@NamaJapan]

Oh man, this automation thing makes me so sad. Alexa, play Despacito.

[@TheTonyEntertainment]

lmao

[@beverly719]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PsilocybeJedi]

Why that song is so gay

[@sallyshoaf9505]

i see what you did there

[@jintsuubest9331]

Holyshit, I get it.

[@KyleRayner12]

"But I don't know what it means." Props to her for admitting that.

[@theuniversedoesntcare]

Hey Jeremy

[@scottkennedy7741]

As an expert in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) industry, I always find this topic entertaining and often misleading. The content was well said with the exception that it focused mainly on the topic of industrial automation and did not cover RPA and AI in very much detail. RPA has the potential to disrupt a much larger portion of the global workforce. Yes it is possible that some jobs can and might be eliminated through automation, however most RPA programs I have worked with automate tasks to free up employees from having to do the boring and mundane tasks. This allows them to focus their abilities on more important tasks requiring cognition or empathy. This is the natural progression of technology, hence why it is often called the 4th industrial revolution. John's closing statement is spot on, we need to make sure that we help the ones that are displaced and retrain them or utilize their skills in another way.

[@memyselfandinobodyfromnowh9087]

Scott Kennedy What are your thoughts on the policies put forward by Andrew Yang

[@liamsmith331]

I don't want to oversimplify however even if it frees people up for other jobs it seems like you still have to make the assumption that human employees will be more capable or profitable for those tasks. As capabilities of our software and hardware progress and cost goes down, its hard to imagine that the overall amount of tasks that would be better done by a human and the time they must spend on them wouldn't both decrease in the long term. Even the programmers and engineers themselves aren't immune forever. I just don't have faith that there are many tasks that a machine could not eventually outperform a human at. Even if they don't operate at the same rate as a person the cost could be cut significantly if you are just paying for the cost of electricity and maintence and running them continuously. Hopefully I'm wrong and more jobs for humans we havent imagined will open up. I'm just wondering, from your perspective, at the rate things are going do you what do you think about the long term? Say the next one or two hundred years. Do you suppose more jobs will still be created than taken away?

[@jpe1]

Scott Kennedy I’ve seen this progress of automation first hand: the very first Nigerian 419 scam that was sent to me, back in 1994, had been written by an actual human on paper and mailed (with a very pretty airmail stamp) to me via snail mail. In the late 90’s the scams came via email, then in the 2000s my phone would ring with weird caller ID numbers but at least the scammer on the other end was a real live person. Starting about ten years ago the phone calls were more often recordings, and lately they are full IVR using natural language processing so now no humans are needed to fleece people.

[@scottkennedy7741]

@@memyselfandinobodyfromnowh9087 My assumption is that you are referring to his policy on the Universal Basic Income (UBI). While I believe this is a good idea, I don't foresee it being successful in 2021 as he his promising. My hope is that someday we get to a Star Trek type society where people work in the jobs that they want to do because that is where their passion is. When we get to that point we will be closer to having a UBI (if not already done so). There are many changes as a society that are needed in order for this to be successful. If it were implemented this quickly, I fear most would consider it free money and the effect would not be what was hoped for. In my personal opinion I believe that for this to become a reality we need a few more technological advances and improvements to the supporting social programs. Regardless what the media says, AI is not to the point where most would lead people to believe, right now we are still in the Narrow Intelligence phase, meaning AI is good at the very specific tasks it is programmed to be good at. We are still a ways away from Artificial General Intelligence (AGI, AI as intelligent as a human) but most should expect to see AGI in their lifetime. Additionally, robotics should be better embraced as a whole, there is quite the stigma around the topic and people fearing for their job. Automation is an inevitability, it's not going away anytime soon. We need to start preparing society for these technological advances and implementing solutions before it is too late (the birth of AGI is too late). tldr: Great idea, probably not feasible in 2 years, look forward to seeing it in my lifetime, I embrace my future robot overlords :)

[@scottkennedy7741]

@@liamsmith331 I agree, as this technology is advanced, I think that there will be much fewer humans may apply jobs. The jobs that will be the hardest to replace are the ones that require "social intelligence, complex critical thinking, and creative problem solving". However, this will only be true until we cross the Artificial General Intelligence barrier. Once we hit that advance, all bets are off since the gap between Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Superintelligence is microscopic compared to where we are at now and AGI. One thing that could greatly offset the negative impacts of automation would be a more significant investment in education, not learning facts to pass a test, but learning how to think, solve problems, and interact with other humans. This is one of our greatest weaknesses as a whole.

[@TheWuffball]

Almost 2 am? Sure, let's do it!

[@ThatChrisMurphy]

hahaha yup

[@funnr]

Wuffball lol same

[@otakon17]

2:30 AM here.

[@jackorion7157]

ikr

[@spaced94]

let's jump right into it

[@kabob21]

I work in IT, 10 years ago I was just doing operator and data center tasks like racking and cabling servers. Now, I do virtualization implementing and supporting converged and hyperconverged tech (having a single server rack of equipment deploy hundreds of virtual servers and workstations). We write and utilize scripts in powershell and python to deploy the virtual servers. I'll be transitioning soon to cloud engineering in which I won't work with any physical hardware at all. Automation in a nutshell.

[@TJ5897]

Bash or bust.

[@Wok_Agenda]

@@TJ5897 που σαι ρε αδερφέ

[@johnny_eth]

Powershell? Pff...

[@legitaddress]

CI/CD PIPELINES MY MAN

[@VanuIndustries]

So you're saying ONAP will soon take your job? ;]

[@tsmitz8184]

“A robot could never be a late night host” Geoff Peterson proves this wrong.

[@Tonyhouse1168]

But they cancelled him and his fantastic sidekick Craig ):

[@ResonantInfinity]

"Some bots just want to watch the jobs burn." - R2D2

[@kingjamestres]

Go to sleep

[@ResonantInfinity]

@@kingjamestres Hate to break it to you but it's noon over here. You know, Europe and such.

[@ResonantInfinity]

@Black Rod Fair point.

[@smiller2044]

@Black Rod C3PO would worry too much and is really a people pleaser. I wouldn't put much past R2D2. I bet he's the mastermind, good or evil as he sees fit. 🤖 He looks harmless and cute. Not sure about BB-8.

[@goncalopereira23]

I thought that was a quote from the RDR2 even tho it doesn't sound like it.

[@o0Avalon0o]

*Huh, it's almost like we should invest more time in a national education system based on analytical / critical thinking.*

[@Nerobyrne]

you expect a government that relies on people being dumb to teach them critical thinking? You're funny.

[@internetperson3436]

@@Nerobyrne oof

[@R0DisG0D]

But then people might start to question why the system is set up to screw over a majority of the people. Better to make people think they fail because they're not good enough.

[@666Tomato666]

"what? and destroy Republican base? Soros, Benghazi, Clinton, butteremails!" - conservatives

[@Anirossa]

o0Avalon0o Nah, keeping the system made to make good like-minded factory workers, lol

[@tom2678]

Andrew Yang, 2020 presidential candidate, is running his whole platform based on this. Surprised he didn't even mention him.

[@Boswd]

I found that odd as well.

[@AurorXZ]

I was absolutely certain Yang would be featured here. What a tragically neglected opportunity: "the best thing would be if America were in the hands of someone nimble and forward-thinking . . . like 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang, who's been championing this cause for years."

[@claimyourshame6196]

Yang2020 is the solution! We need to get him on these talk shows!

[@end3rzl33t]

Considering how the establishment dems are likely to mess with the primaries again somehow, Bernie/Yang 2020!

[@athroughzdude]

Yang isn't what this piece is about and he doesn't have the power to do anything right now. So when they get back to politicians and elections they may mention him.

[@techguypaul]

Zoey was totally making fun of your accent.

[@smiller2044]

She's been Peppa Pigged 🐷🇬🇧💂‍♂️

[@thomasisrael1636]

That bloody little tart!

[@gw4792]

"While ATMs did eat the occasional customer" -John Oliver

[@pizzafacesuperleipoman8634]

"That man is now dead."

[@carlfloor4788]

"I feel like you're doing a British accent there"

[@Alovam]

As someone who lived in Shreveport for a while.... accurate...

[@emdivine]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate them actually producing a picture of dead mermaids?

[@sogghartha]

Ikr?

[@ghetis396]

Their graphics department must be really fucking weird to walk into with no context

[@Isirian]

That mascot doing it with a bell was when I appreciated them. Though dead mermaids were also cool. Reminds me of Seth Meyers "shout out to our graphic department!" after showing a picture of Trump with his head up his own ass :-D.

[@thangnguyen02]

so sad....

[@luigivercotti6410]

that's a photo, I don't know what you're talking about

[@annataylor5233]

"Daddy fat hamster" 👌😂😂

[@wf6951]

Go on...

[@EOTStorm]

@@cristiandelvillar3121 glad I'm not the only one that thought this. I still bump that ATLiens album.

[@TopsideCrisis346]

It's okay Zoey, I'm almost 40, I have a college degree, and I barely know what that means... 😟

[@Seldomane]

That girl that said 'tasks' like he did was so perfect :D

[@abigailkaterbergcolibaba]

Oh my God John’s face when the little girl said robots could do his job

[@GhostStealth590]

Highschool never prepped me for anything. College is expanding upon that, yet even then, the courses are only a fraction of the newer industries.

[@TheJarJarKinks]

Do you not get to pick your major? If you do, choose one with a good outlook, not a dying industry, and, most likely, you'll be fine. If you can handle it, double major if you think one isn't enough. If your school has a "make your own major" type of thing, look at emerging industries and pick classes structured around one of them. Is it just that your college doesn't even have these classes or something?

[@o76923]

Part of the problem is hyper-specialization. The broader a topic is, the more profit incentive is in place to replace it. So people just need much deeper training for jobs today than they used to. That's only going to get worse.

[@TroyMcKeown]

@@TheJarJarKinks Uimmimmmimmimiimmiumiimiiiuuuuiouuiumi Iliiiiliiioiiii Oiiiiioi9iiiii

[@Trendyflute]

American schooling is 2-3 years behind the equivalent european education...europeans with a high school diploma are like Americans in their junior year of college. I also wouldn't be surprised to find that the asian education systems were closer to the europeans than us. America needs to step up to the plate and do better.

[@borisindigo5593]

Highschool prepped me for dealing with peer pressure and assholes.

[@andrecoxa]

18:04 A robot would know it's autocomplete and not autocorrect.

[@TheKrensada]

You are literally the only one who cares. Congratulations.

[@EclecticFruit]

AHAHAHAHA yes

[@walerk0]

it was a joke, that a robot could really do his job. you're welcome

[@chrislynch6407]

walerk0 lawyers jobs and political positions can be automated.

[@jackalbertgolden405]

@@chrislynch6407 Maybe, but they would be some of the last to go.

[@dcamron46]

Love how honest the girl at the end is, so sweet

[@HiAdrian]

Comments: *92%* _"Oliver should have mentioned Andrew Yang!"_ *5%* _"Sad that nobody in the comments talks about Yang..."_ 😞 *3%* Other...

[@SquatchingYou]

Hey guys have you heard of future not president A N D R E W Y A N G??!?!

[@brittnay279]

He should’ve...at first I thought I had already watched this and then I realized I was getting it confused with Andrew yang on joe rogan

[@jennaavw]

92+5+3..... hmmmmmmm

[@agentsmidt3209]

Margin of error: 100.

[@brainflash1]

My god, how can people watch this show and still be so retarded?

[@saltinodavito2135]

"i want to be an artist that goes around painting walls" im calling right now that kid is banksy