Top 10 Jobs That Might Not Survive the Coming Robot 'Jobocalpyse,' Is Yours on the List?

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27. The trouble with Robots is that they can't be retooled as fast as people can,

Which is the reason that computer parts are made in China; the people can learn to change the boards and parts and assembly faster and cheaper than a robot could.

The fact is that agriculture can be done the way it's done now by robots, providing that they know when the field is ripe. Agriculture done the way that it will need to be done in the future requires a different kind of agriculture that isn't as large scale and damaging...well, if we are to feed ourselves and the rest of the planet. The kind of agriculture that treats every patch of land differently and uses things like no-till agriculture.

Moreover, robots need more energy and more material than humans; that's a problem, since we are running out of the materials and the energy to do this. It's like the flying cars of the '50's. If it happens, it will happen on a smaller scale with much more resources than are practical in a diminishing world.