Originally Posted by
kendrikLMR
I feel for every automated machine there is still a job created, because someone still needs to repair and maintain that machine. Eg. Teleportation eliminates taxi business, creates teleportation mechanics/repairmen. This is just an example (I shouldn't have to say that) but I think it shows that all we need are more transferable skills to train the workforce (obviously more tech oriented. government funded training to reduce job loss?)
I don't think jobs will be replaced at a 1:1 rate. For every machine, you don't need one person to maintain it. Consider truck driving, for example. There wouldn't be one person in charge of maintaining each self-driven truck, there'd be one guy in charge of maintaining a full fleet. If there were one person in charge of each truck, they would have very little to do all day, so I don't imagine this would be the case.
Yeah, there'll be new jobs that we've know are coming and there'll be new jobs that nobody predicted. I just don't think that there'll be enough of these for everyone. Automation is all about saving labour - The point of it is to make us humans as redundant as possible.
Anywho, that's why I don't think jobs will be replaced at a 1:1 rate. But who knows, really? It hasn't happened yet so all we're doing is speculating as best we can.
Last edited by Ele; Dec 13, 2016 at 04:02 AM.