Thiel, for his part, refutes the argument – often made by robot doomsayers – that the impact of artificial intelligence and advanced robotics on the labor force will mirror globalization’s impact on advanced-country workers. Globalization hurt lower-skill workers in places like the United States, as it enabled people from faraway countries to compete for the leg-and-finger positions in the global division of labor.
提尔反驳了机器人末日论者常常持有的观点——人工智能和先进机器人对劳动力的影响将复制全球化对发达国家工人影响。全球化伤害了美国等地的低技能工人，因为它让遥远他国的群众也得以参与全球劳动分工中的腿和手指竞争。这些新竞争者要求的工资更低，因此许多公司的选择是不言而喻的。