Robair Robair:
DrCaleb DrCaleb:
Zipperfish Zipperfish:
The other thing is that robots will be responsible for so much of the productivity in a decade or two, there just won't be as much work to go around.
It's actually been the trend in the economy that automation replaces the tedious tasks that people don't want. It ends up making more knowledge work than it removes manufacturing work.
That doesn't sound right to me at all.
That's why science eliminates personal opinion. You already know that automation has been increasing over the years. You also know that there are more people employed now (in the before time) than ever.
Why do you think that automation leads to job losses when stats show it doesn't?
Robair Robair:
Amazon, for example, replaced how many small shop jobs with it's automated warehouses?
Jobs there might not have been created anyhow. But Amazon still employs more people now than 10 or 15 years ago.
Robair Robair:
Next mass job extinction is truck drivers. The number one profession in the U.S.
These autonomous trucks will need programmers, but not full time to drive them. More of a one and done, then your heavy duty mechanic will be trained on the diagnostic stuff. I don't see a net job creation.
Certain industries may experience losses, that is true. Which is why I support retraining them to do something else. But overall, employment increases as automation increases.
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