tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post2993522855977066685..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Putting Robots Out of WorkSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-4287851542981142015-10-31T16:28:11.378-04:002015-10-31T16:28:11.378-04:00Agreed. I always figured that if you put a big en...Agreed. I always figured that if you put a big enough pile of money in the middle of a table, assembled a group of engineers and said "first team gets it", you probably will get it at some point. <br /><br />I guess that's the Ansari X prize, though, right? <br /><br />With enough money and time, you can do anything that physics doesn't forbid. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-79994958159130657262015-10-31T04:52:52.371-04:002015-10-31T04:52:52.371-04:00Amazing what humans, especially human engineers, c...Amazing what humans, especially human engineers, can come up with, isn't it?<br /><br />During my 30+ years in IT designing and implementing business systems I tried to convince my clients that it's most cost effective to confine computers to the stupid, defined-intelligence repetitive stuff and have the humans do the creative, complex and interactive tasks. As software and systems got better (not to mention our ability to design and build to that) they moved farther into human territory, but humans have a pretty solid fence around a large number of skill sets that only a quantum leap in technology will make much of a dent in. <br /><br />Your 90/10 reference is accurate; as I've said many times, "if you have enough money and enough time, we can do anything." <br /><br />Aliennoreply@blogger.com