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Business: Profit, Loss, and Breakeven
In the time of AI, as an increasing number of jobs are lost, we need to reconsider the means and purpose of business.
I foresee a time, in the not too distant future, when doctors will be without jobs. It’s very simple. One will walk into a medical center, and one will be given a quite lengthy questionnaire. The answers will then be fed into a computer. The computer (AI) will come back with a list of tests it wants one to undertake. One will then be directed to the various facilities where the tests are undertaken, and then one will go home.
In the meantime, the test results will be fed to the computer (AI), and AI will make a diagnoses and decide on treatment. You will be notified within twenty four hours of your completing the questionnaire.
In the legal field, if you have a problem, you consult the AI Legal Affairs. You get a response within minutes. There is no need for judge and jury. on the basis of millions of cases before yours, AI decided the verdict. It then notifies the local constabulary to enforce the decision, and so, all the lawyers go the way of the dodo and the dinosaurs.
In the meantime, manufacturers are now selling direct as there is no further need for wholesalers and retailers. Airships and rail are…