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Tyneras · 04-18-2023, 10:59 AM

Any job where a flesh and blood person is expected to be physically present, but does not justify the extra pay or expenses of someone more heavily augmented or a bioroid.

So greeters, waitstaff, doormen, and similar.

Additionally, any job where a human is "good enough" but the pay or perks are not enough to attract more heavily augmented/capable persons.

So NPC managers for a virtual world, low end bot bosses and the like.

And finally, a 5th wave nation likely has a much smaller percentage of the population in the labor force. A few thousand years ago 90%+ of the population were workers, today it is around 50%, with cheap robots and NAIs that number could be 25% or even lower. An baseline human could be the one doing the job because they were the only qualified applicant.

04-18-2023, 10:59 AM	#8
Tyneras Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kentucky, USA	Re: What Use Do Humans Have in Transhuman Space? Any job where a flesh and blood person is expected to be physically present, but does not justify the extra pay or expenses of someone more heavily augmented or a bioroid. So greeters, waitstaff, doormen, and similar. Additionally, any job where a human is "good enough" but the pay or perks are not enough to attract more heavily augmented/capable persons. So NPC managers for a virtual world, low end bot bosses and the like. And finally, a 5th wave nation likely has a much smaller percentage of the population in the labor force. A few thousand years ago 90%+ of the population were workers, today it is around 50%, with cheap robots and NAIs that number could be 25% or even lower. An baseline human could be the one doing the job because they were the only qualified applicant. __________________ GURPS Fanzine The Path of Cunning is worth a read.