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In reply to the discussion: We romanticize manufacturing jobs when what we really miss are unions. [View all]Mnpaul
(3,655 posts)Automation is what pays my bills and don't see robots doing my job anytime in the future. Robots can't spot engineering mistakes(a big problem). Automation makes the computers we are using right now possible. In my two previous jobs I built the equipment that makes them possible. I don't want to see humans doing the work of creating semiconductors. The chemicals used are extremely dangerous. One third of a thimble full of these chemicals can kill you. This is a job that only robots should be doing. I have also built equipment that makes Harleys, jet engines, car parts and more. Automated machines require people to run them, fix them, program them but they do require that the engineering be 100% correct and I don't see that happening anytime soon.