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Title: Jack Ma Sees Decades of Pain as Internet Upends Old Economy
Source: Bloomberg News
URL Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti ... -internet-upends-older-economy
Published: Apr 24, 2017
Author: David Ramli
Post Date: 2017-04-24 08:49:11 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 950
Comments: 4

  • Alibaba founder says education can ease blow from automation
  • ‘Machines should only do what humans cannot,’ Ma tells forum

    Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Chairman Jack Ma said society should prepare for decades of pain as the internet disrupts the economy.

    The world must change education systems and establish how to work with robots to help soften the blow caused by automation and the internet economy, Ma said in a speech to an entrepreneurship conference in Zhengzhou, China.

    “In the next 30 years, the world will see much more pain than happiness,” Ma said of job disruptions caused by the internet. “Social conflicts in the next three decades will have an impact on all sorts of industries and walks of life.”

    It was an unusual speech for the Alibaba co-founder, who tends to embrace his role as visionary and extol the promise of the future. He explained at the event that he had tried to warn people in the early days of e-commerce it would disrupt traditional retailers and the like, but few listened. This time, he wants to warn against the impact of new technologies so no one will be surprised.

    “Fifteen years ago I gave speeches 200 or 300 times reminding everyone the Internet will impact all industries, but people didn’t listen because I was a nobody," he said.

    Ma made the comments as Alibaba, China’s largest e-commerce operator, spends billions of dollars to move into new businesses from film production and video streaming to finance and cloud computing. The Hangzhou-based company, considered a barometer of Chinese consumer sentiment, is looking to expand abroad since buying control of Lazada Group SA to establish a foothold in Southeast Asia, potentially setting up a clash with the likes of Amazon.com Inc.

    Ma, 52, was also critical of the traditional banking industry, saying that lending must be available to more members of society. The lack of a robust credit system drives up the costs for everyone, he said.

    The China Entrepreneur Club event is host to many of the country’s startup founders, but even here Ma got a celebrity’s reception. As he took the stage, the crowd surged closer and snapped selfies with Ma in the background. During a Q&A session, people jumped up and down to get attention and then often used the time with a microphone to marvel at the opportunity to talk with him.

    Ma was at times brutal in his criticism of companies that won’t adapt. At one point, he said cloud computing and artificial intelligence are essential for business -- and if leaders don’t get that, they should find young people in their companies to explain it to them. Another time, he called for traditional industries to stop complaining about the internet’s effects on the economy. He said Alibaba critics ignore that Taobao, its main online marketplace, has created millions of jobs.

    Alibaba shares have outperformed this year on expectations it can withstand efforts by rivals such as Tencent Holdings Ltd. to capture digital ad spending and muscle in on its turf. The company is moving into untapped rural markets and investing in new sources of income, such as online media and cloud computing -- one of its fastest-growing businesses in 2016.

    He also warned that longer lifespans and better artificial intelligence were likely to lead to both aging labor forces and fewer jobs. “Machines should only do what humans cannot,” he said. “Only in this way can we have the opportunities to keep machines as working partners with humans, rather than as replacements.”

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#1. To: cranky (#0)

“Machines should only do what humans cannot,” he said.

What does that mean? Almost all of the machines used in manufacturing today replaced humans because humans demanded increased wages and benefits.

Or because they came in late to work. Or got sick, got pregnant or got injured. Or worked 40 hours per week instead of 168. Or demanded time off for vacations, holidays, or "paid family leave". Or because employers had to meet OSHA and EPA guidelines for a safe human work environment.

With those as the criteria, humans can't do ANY of the work that machines can. And we brought this on ourselves with our workplace demands.

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What does that mean?

Seems self-explanatory to me.

And a very good idea.

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