What Undercover Boss and The Jetsons Tell Us About the Future of Jobs

Re:What Undercover Boss and The Jetsons Tell Us About the Fu... by jmcdonald-ut on Saturday September 28, 2013 @02:05PM (#6462549)

The belief that the future will be this dark and gloomy place where one struggles to find work is understandable. Certainly there are things that can indicate this is right. Manufacturing is becoming more heavily automated for example.

I think that we will see a period in the coming years that could be regarded as a "growing pain" for the human species. Jobs and professions could shift to be more inline with rapidly advancing technologies. During this time there will probably be people who find themselves either out of work, or unqualified. After this time I think that jobs and professions will again be available and that many people will be qualified for them. Perhaps even more jobs.

Who knows, maybe I'm an optimist.

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Re:What Undercover Boss and The Jetsons Tell Us About the Fu... by DerpDerpDerp on Saturday September 28, 2013 @02:35PM (#6462660)

> After this time I think that jobs and professions will again be available and that many people will be qualified for them. Perhaps even more jobs.

Like what?

The problem is that we're creeping up the capability ladder, and it will only be a few decades until the robots can do the math, science, design, engineering, and assembly of new robots, which can in turn produce any other objects.

What's there for humans to do?

The real problem is that robotics makes humans unnecessary for economies to function, and we'll need to change our social model to account for that.

Or just let a huge swathe of the people starve.

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