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Re:ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did by alex43578 on Thursday March 12, 2026 @09:05PM (#47359497)
“Demographic and labor market trends in the U.S. point to an ominous scenario. The nation potentially faces a shortfall of millions of workers in the decade to come — especially in the critical health care sector — due to a projected reduction in workforce participation.”

The supply of jobs exceeds the supply of workers, so yes, you should be able to go and get another job.

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Re:ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did by matheusmoreira on Thursday March 12, 2026 @09:23PM (#47359610)
Give AI a medical license and all those critical health care jobs will literally disappear overnight.
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Re:ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did by generic92034 on Friday March 13, 2026 @04:28AM (#47361885)
It would require several breakthroughs in robotics and AI to automate a nurse's job. And then it would still be unlikely that this kind of automation is saving costs.
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Re:ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did by NetMageSCW on Friday March 13, 2026 @01:17PM (#47367111)
Why not - after the first automated robotic nurse it seems unlikely the second one will cost more than raising and educating a human nurse.
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Re:ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did by generic92034 on Saturday March 14, 2026 @05:49AM (#47374983)
For a company the costs of raising and educating humans are only a fraction of their taxes, which they might mostly avoid anyway. The costs of employing a nurse (robotic or human) for a year are much more relevant. And there I am skeptical current robotics can hold a candle to (relative) cheap human labor.
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