From: Philip Dunn (pscumnud@DIRCON.CO.UK)
Date: Sat Apr 09 2005 - 17:01:19 EDT
Quoting Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM: > Hi Ian, > > > The aim of the thought experiment is to try and push concepts to their > > breaking point and reveal their contradictions. Here you are saying > > that the scenario described in the thought experiment couldn't occur. > > I think given enough sophistication robots could lead an autonomous > > existence and be hired as wage-labour. If you are willing to accept > > the premiss of the thought experiment then I believe it shows that we > > can quickly dismiss the idea that there is some essential property of > > humans that explains why their labour and their labour alone can cause > > surplus-value. > > The problem is that I can't accept this premise. Why and how would > robots come to have an autonomous existence and be hired as wage- > labourers? > > In solidarity, Jerry > They become self-reproducing and need to put bread or maybe brake fluid in their children's mouths. Philip Dunn
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