Basically Quote by David Autor Download Open image “Workers are basically supervisors of machines.” — David Autor ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Basically Computers Machines Workers
A workman is not just a workman. A laborer is not just a laborer. An office worker is not just an office worker. They… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Machines have no political opinions, but they have profound political effects. They demand a strict regimentation of time, and, by abolishing the need for… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Machines were devised not to do a man out of a job, but to take the heavy labor from man's back and place it… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
People are not machines, but in all situations where they are given the opportunity, they will act like machines. — Ludwig von Bertalanffy Copy Share Image
Are those 'terrible' machines really putting those people out of work? Or are they getting rid of a really dull job that we shouldn't… — Rodney Brooks Copy Share Image
Machines are beneficial to the degree that they eliminate the need for labor, harmful to the degree that they eliminate the need for skill. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
First you use machines, then you wear machines, and then ...? Then you serve machines. — John Brunner Copy Share Image
The average worker in 2015 wanting to attain the average living standard in 1915 could do so by working just 17 weeks a year,… — David Autor Copy Share Image
I did software development for a while, and I also spent several years directing a nonprofit in San Francisco that did computer education for… — David Autor Copy Share Image
China's rise is really a kind of a world historical event. This is the largest country in the world. It has caused a wholesale… — David Autor Copy Share Image
Computers were programmed to swap out error-prone, inconsistent human calculation with digital perfection. — David Autor Copy Share Image
The end of the 'tech bubble' in the year 2000 is, of course, widely recognized, as the NASDAQ stock index erased three-quarters of its… — David Autor Copy Share Image
The U.S. tends to export high-tech goods because we have strong comparative advantage there, and we tend to import labor-intensive and less skill-intensive goods… — David Autor Copy Share Image
If I lose my job at a furniture factory where I've worked for decades, no amount of cheaper toys and raincoats at Wal-Mart is… — David Autor Copy Share Image
I'm not yet convinced that we will face an unemployment problem created by AI. There will certainly be some occupations eliminated - drivers of… — David Autor Copy Share Image
Work is what structures adults' lives: it gives us purpose, focus, a set of responsibilities, and an identity. So when people are not participating… — David Autor Copy Share Image
Economists have understood since the Victorian era that the main benefits of trade come from comparative advantage: the idea that people can specialize in… — David Autor Copy Share Image
Here's a startling fact: in the 45 years since the introduction of the automated teller machine, those vending machines that dispense cash, the number… — David Autor Copy Share Image
Workers and jobs are naturally heterogeneous, and the quality of their interaction when paired is difficult to forecast. — David Autor Copy Share Image
When I graduated from Brown, I had a very limited conception of jobs, careers, and what I wanted to do. Basically, I figured I… — Andrew Yang Copy Share Image
You basically have a group of four spies who are chosen for a mission they feel for the fact of how competent they are… — Matt LeBlanc Copy Share Image
I think we should have basically the same tax policy that Germany, Japan, the U.K., everybody else has, which is a tax rate in… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Copy Share Image
I can't say that I wouldn't prefer to make small films, basically because I think they are probably more interesting in terms of the… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Basically, Pizza Hut just backed out on the ad agency at the last minute. They got fired and we got fired. It was a… — Gene Ween Copy Share Image
My mum was Labour-voting, but wanted us to know we were important. Basically, everyone's equal, but you, my children, are a bit better. — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
When I heard that the bees were in trouble, the fact that they're disappearing and not coming back to the hive, which is a… — Louie Schwartzberg Copy Share Image
It would be amazing if we were just basically judged on the merits of what we do, but we're not. That's not part of… — Aspen Ladd Copy Share Image
In my own case, I'm an artist, and I'm really interested in expanding the vocabulary of human action, and basically empowering people through interactivity.… — Golan Levin Copy Share Image
Civilian law around aviation is much looser than those governing military. Civilian planes can basically fly wherever they want in the world. — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
Nuclear DNA encodes all the proteins and enzymes that make you you, basically. — Hendrik Poinar Copy Share Image
I have been performing in the street for more than 50 years: magic for basically 60 years, and the high wire 45 years. The… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
