Google robot is 'the end of manual labor'

[EdwardBernays]

50. here's where that falls down

robots and automation DRAMATICALLY lower costs.

Small businesses that use them will be able to offer products and services at substantially lower prices.

Like every other time this has happened in the economy, those that don't adapt will collapse.

And honestly, if you go and look at the data - lots exists - it's not just new businesses. LOTS of existing small manufacturing concerns are automating repetitive tasks. Universal Robots has already sold 4K of their robotic arms, many in the US. The price is about the same as one year of skilled labor, and it's EXTREMELY easy to program. AND. That's just one company.

But that's just manufacturing.

Lot's of small businesses are transportation, and self-driving cars are coming, quickly, and they WILL be used in industry - they're already being tested in the EU for long haul trucking and package delivery.

Self-driving trucks are just TWO years away says Daimler as it is set to get go-ahead for trials on German roads within months


On-board computers and wireless technology can also allow the trucks to 'platoon' in a long convoy where a long row of vehicles all follow the same instructions in lock-step.

Its technology could hypothetically eliminate the need for a driver completely, though current designs and regulations call for a qualified driver to be in the cab at all times.

Nonetheless, the specter of fully automated vehicles in the future could lessen the negotiating power of major drivers' unions, including the truck-driving branch of Teamsters.


Freightlinger, part of Daimler, unveiled their 'Inspiration Truck' in Nevada on Tuesday, where the autonomous vehicle has just been licensed for the first time

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3176535/Self-driving-trucks-just-TWO-years-away-says-Daimler-set-ahead-trials-German-roads-months.html

And delivery services:

His company's solution? Small, lightweight, autonomous delivery robots. First announced in November, the robots will be tested on the UK's streets in 2016 ahead of a full commercial roll-out planned for 2017. Heinla expects land-based robots to beat much-hyped drone delivery technology to the market.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-11/23/anita-heinla-starship-wired-retail-2015

Don't forget warehouses either:

This is an adapt or die situation I'm afraid. The projections made by multiple sources in industry and robotics say the time frame for a 20-30% job loss is decades, not a century. If old business don't adapt new business will replace them.