Re:100% Unemployment: on keeping busy when the robots take over
by TeMPOraL on Tuesday February 17, 2015 @07:09PM
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The difference is, previous automation replaced human muscle. Today's automation replaces human brain.
Of course, it does it gradually. So you see low-skilled jobs disappearing, and no useful jobs being created in their place. As this process continues, I expect we'll be facing a growing number of people trapped in poverty who have no means and abilities to retrain themselves for jobs with more skill requirements.
Of course, it does it gradually. So you see low-skilled jobs disappearing, and no useful jobs being created in their place. As this process continues, I expect we'll be facing a growing number of people trapped in poverty who have no means and abilities to retrain themselves for jobs with more skill requirements.