Don’t Fear the Robots: Why Automation Doesn’t Mean the End of Work

Re:Don’t Fear the Robots: Why Automation Doesn’t Mean the En... by dmortin on Thursday June 14, 2018 @04:29PM (#17315082)

Automation won't mean the end of work, but if robots take over the simpler jobs then lots of people will be out of work who won't be able to find new work.

There will still be jobs requiring higher education, but not as many as many simple jobs are eliminated. You need less robot maintainers than garbage men.

One high skilled worker does the job of many low skilled ones and if robots do the low skilled jobs then low skilled workers won't find other low skilled work.

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Re:Don’t Fear the Robots: Why Automation Doesn’t Mean the En... by nradov on Thursday June 14, 2018 @07:15PM (#17316205)

Show me a robot that can pick up litter on the side of a road or repair a leaking irrigation pipe. Some jobs that seem simple are actually extremely hard to automate.

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Re:Don’t Fear the Robots: Why Automation Doesn’t Mean the En... by dmortin on Friday June 15, 2018 @04:43AM (#17318367)

Maybe they can't do all jobs, but it can be still a problem if they take other jobs. E.g. if self driving cars can be perfected then you'll need much less cab drivers and truckers.

Or if they invent cleaning robots which can clean malls and shops then lots of cleaners will be out of job.

So the robots won't have to take all the simple jobs, because if they take a lot of them then those changes will still cause serious social problems.

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