We cannot blindly pursue the goal of machine intelligence without pondering its consequences. Moshe Vardi Read Quote
Automation will significantly change many people’s lives in ways that may be painful and enduring. Moshe Vardi Read Quote
People at the very top of the income scale also benefited from globalization and automation. But the income of working- and middle-class people in the developed world has stagnated. Moshe Vardi Read Quote
It is easy to underestimate in advance the impact of globalization and automation – I have done it myself. Moshe Vardi Read Quote
The question I want to put forward is, ‘Does the technology we are developing ultimately benefit mankind?’ Moshe Vardi Read Quote
You can now eat bananas from Chile; you couldn’t do it before you had air shipping. Now, communication technology enables the shipping of labor. Moshe Vardi Read Quote
Offshoring is like the winter. You don’t ask if it is good or bad – you ask what do you do about it. The answer is you dress warmly. Moshe Vardi Read Quote
Twice a week, a truck comes near my house, and two guys get out and pick up the garbage. This will disappear. There will still be a truck coming, but it will be driven autonomously, and the garbage will be picked up autonomously, and those jobs will be gone. Moshe Vardi Read Quote
