Michael Moore Quotes

Technology magnifies differences, and it's been replacing or obviating jobs for a long time. But what happens as that case accelerates? I'm not one of these doomsayers who says, 'There will be no jobs.'

The global equalization of wages and the exponential growth in technology has created a job-killing machine that's only going to get worse.

When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a factory or a government.

Technology is a wonderful thing if you are putting it to use, less so if it is putting an end to your usefulness.

In the long term, artificial intelligence and automation are going to be taking over so much of what gives humans a feeling of purpose.

Make no mistake about why these babies are here - they are here to replace us.

Technology and robotics are advancing and will reduce the need for workers in the future.

So one begins to wonder what is going to happen to the human race. Technology keeps on advancing with greater and greater power, either for good or for destruction.

Sometimes people talk about conflict between humans and machines, and you can see that in a lot of science fiction. But the machines we're creating are not some invasion from Mars. We create these tools to expand our own reach.

I see no reason to suppose that these machines will ever force themselves into general use.

Displacement by technology has probably occurred since the invention of the shovel.

Man is going to be displaced altogether as a specialist by the computer. Man himself is being forced to reestablish, employ, and enjoy his innate "comprehensivity.

The workers and professionals of the world will soon be divided into two distinct groups. Those who will control computers and those who will be controlled by computers. It would be best for you to be in the former group.

At the end of the day, the truth is that if - when - robots prevail, so many vocations will actually become close to impossible. Save for the profession of making robots, that is.

Advances in automation, artificial intelligence and robotics, while increasing productivity, will also cause major upheavals to the workforce.

I think that technology is the best thing that ever happened to mankind. It's an absurd notion that somehow, 'My God, what are we going to do when driverless cars come along?' It's going to save lives on the road. And maybe, one day, we'll all be working four days a week and not five or six days a week.

We have to face the fact that countries are going to lose jobs to robotics. The only question that needs to be answered is which country will create and own the best robotic technology and have the infrastructure necessary to enable it.

Terminator' is a reflection of how the world is changing.

One would expect that a surge of new automation opportunities in highly paid work would catalyze a surge of corporate investment in computer hardware and software. Instead, the opposite occurred.

What is happening with automation and globalization, that's not going away.

Amid all the job losses of the Great Recession, there is one category of worker that the economic disruption has been good for: nonhumans.

A teacher that can be replaced by a machine should be.

Making everything more efficient should make everybody happier.

People have long feared that mechanization might cause mass unemployment. This never happened because, as old professions became obsolete, new professions evolved, and there was always something humans could do better than machines. Yet this is not a law of nature, and nothing guarantees it will continue to be like that in the future.

I think as automation gets even more and more prevalent, we're going to need to learn how to code. Everybody does.