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Re:Destruction of large numbers of jobs by robots unlikely, ... by pasquinelli on Thursday May 19, 2016 @04:55PM (#11733758)
how it goes down is important though. if automation follows after labor begins to move to something else then that's one thing, but the reverse, automation putting people out of work, mean there might not be anything for them to realistically move to.
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Re:Destruction of large numbers of jobs by robots unlikely, ... by zaroth on Thursday May 19, 2016 @08:41PM (#11734929)
A booming business in automation and robot repair.
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Re:Destruction of large numbers of jobs by robots unlikely, ... by superuser2 on Friday May 20, 2016 @12:44PM (#11739326)
The whole point is that you need fewer humans in the loop. If every factory worker automated out of a job was hired back to work on the robots, we'd skip the automation part entirely.
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Re:Destruction of large numbers of jobs by robots unlikely, ... by adrianN on Friday May 20, 2016 @05:37AM (#11736563)
Good luck learning to program or repair self-driving trucks when you've been a truck driver for your whole career.
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Re:Destruction of large numbers of jobs by robots unlikely, ... by Freebo on Friday May 20, 2016 @09:33AM (#11737595)
Self-driving trucks have mechanical parts too. Even if you automate basic mechanical maintenance, operation and supervision will still require human intervention for a relatively long time.
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