Yeah, unfortunately it's fairly easy to rebut this paper. I only had to read the abstract and the first paragraph. The last line of the first paragraph:
> ... the more advanced a control system is, so the more crucial may be the contribution of the human operator.
This is absolutely true. The human operator working with an automation system needs to be way more skilled, more educated, and smarter compared to a human working as a cog in a sweatshop.
But this still doesn't support the thesis that it expands the problems associated with human operator, for the very simple reason:
You are replacing 1000 low-skilled sweatshop workers with 5-10 (or less) highly-skilled engineers and experienced technicians. And at the same time increasing the throughput of your production system by an order of magnitude or more. It's a complete win.
And I didn't even need to invoke the role and/or potential of modern AI (i.e., one based on ML/DL/DRL/CV etc, etc), which is going to take the automation to the next level.
Highly recommended watch: CGPGrey 'Humans Need Not Apply'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU
(in the video just look at the human labor chart regarding agriculture, at 15 second mark, and you'll understand what I'm saying).
> ... the more advanced a control system is, so the more crucial may be the contribution of the human operator.
This is absolutely true. The human operator working with an automation system needs to be way more skilled, more educated, and smarter compared to a human working as a cog in a sweatshop.
But this still doesn't support the thesis that it expands the problems associated with human operator, for the very simple reason:
You are replacing 1000 low-skilled sweatshop workers with 5-10 (or less) highly-skilled engineers and experienced technicians. And at the same time increasing the throughput of your production system by an order of magnitude or more. It's a complete win.
And I didn't even need to invoke the role and/or potential of modern AI (i.e., one based on ML/DL/DRL/CV etc, etc), which is going to take the automation to the next level.
Highly recommended watch: CGPGrey 'Humans Need Not Apply'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU
(in the video just look at the human labor chart regarding agriculture, at 15 second mark, and you'll understand what I'm saying).