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68. I mostly agree, but I suspect...

Reply to NBachers (Reply #49)

Mon Apr 3, 2017, 10:08 AM

Apr 2017

we are just one or two inovations away from replacing municipal sewer lines with robots. Trenchless sewer repair, baby

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What should be done with Automation taking more and more human jobs [View all] Le Gaucher Apr 2017 OP

Productivity will always keep getting better Major Nikon Apr 2017 #1

Robots aren't tools. Robots are slave-workers. DetlefK Apr 2017 #53

You could say the same thing about a tractor Major Nikon Apr 2017 #58

How many Roombas and how many human workers do you need to vacuum your floor? DetlefK Apr 2017 #60

For my home the answer to the first is 2 and the answer to the second is the same number Major Nikon Apr 2017 #64

So, you are saying that you haven't hired anybody to do the job of the Roombas? DetlefK Apr 2017 #66

More wars rickford66 Apr 2017 #2

38% ot the jobs will be lost to automation by 2030. democratisphere Apr 2017 #3

I don't know your starting point when you say 38% of the jobs. From when? Now? I sincerely doubt napi21 Apr 2017 #10

Robots will make the robots, robots will repair the damaged cars. - nt KingCharlemagne Apr 2017 #61

Uh, no. NutmegYankee Apr 2017 #69

We kill the machines before they rise up and destroy us all. Hello? Terminator anyone? NightWatcher Apr 2017 #4

They will be able to read our lips (maybe not our minds): KingCharlemagne Apr 2017 #62

Gauranteed Minimum Income JI7 Apr 2017 #5

yes, it's the only solution Warpy Apr 2017 #20

agreed - we are in the midst of a major paradigm shift. (as I sit here telling my Echo what music NRaleighLiberal Apr 2017 #6

Go to school for PLC - Programmable Logic Controllers madville Apr 2017 #7

Automated things don't run... Brother Buzz Apr 2017 #14

My 19 year old is looking into that madville Apr 2017 #15

The skilled wrench turner that doesn't mind getting dirty and knows his stuff... Brother Buzz Apr 2017 #17

Be a plumber- No robot's coming over to change the toilet, unclog your drain, or replace a tub valve NBachers Apr 2017 #49

I mostly agree, but I suspect... Brother Buzz Apr 2017 #68

My nephew has a company KT2000 Apr 2017 #44

Operating Engineers Local 3- They train, and they take vets. This is the way I should've gone . . . NBachers Apr 2017 #50

Thank You!! KT2000 Apr 2017 #70

Absolutely, but ... PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #19

And not everyone has the talent and/or inclination Warpy Apr 2017 #27

Today sure, soon enough not so much. Robots to build and repair Exultant Democracy Apr 2017 #34

Oh we can make machines to repair machines Loki Liesmith Apr 2017 #39

Ask the poets and artists for answers to those kind of questions. nt fleabiscuit Apr 2017 #8

We need to create social jobs for everybody. kentuck Apr 2017 #9

I read a book a few weeks ago that was set in the future. It never said what year, but there were napi21 Apr 2017 #12

Bill Gates has an interesting idea; tax robots to pay for retraining. grantcart Apr 2017 #11

Yes, the robot owners are already pushing back and ... PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #16

Yeah, retraining men to do the caretaking work they've always expected Warpy Apr 2017 #41

Citizens become the Ghost in the Machine ... PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #13

Systems of marking wealth evolved with the development of agriculture Warpy Apr 2017 #43

Interesting historical reference PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #45

The original system involved balls, cones, cylinders, and other symple shapes Warpy Apr 2017 #46

In the words of the immortal (Red) Emma Goldman: KingCharlemagne Apr 2017 #67

stop using places that automate wherever possible...but americans put cheap china junk ahead of jobs msongs Apr 2017 #18

Seems like it would take a massive rejection PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #22

Universal basic income is the only pleasant option Calculating Apr 2017 #21

I wish I could say you are kidding but ... PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #23

It doesn't have to be dystopian.. JHan Apr 2017 #30

Philosophically, I agree with you but ... PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #35

yes it will... JHan Apr 2017 #36

Amen. PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #37

America had a choice... CanSocDem Apr 2017 #65

32 hour work week nt doc03 Apr 2017 #24

Short term fix? PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #26

Corporate Masters ... PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #25

Their only incentive is the threat of societal chaos resulting from mass unemployment. Calculating Apr 2017 #29

Guaranteed national income. PatrickforO Apr 2017 #28

Might need that unicorn horn to ... PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #33

FYI - Lights out manufacturing ... PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #31

Even creative endeavors like music composition could be automated. pangaia Apr 2017 #32

Basic income for everybody and let the robots do all the work. Binkie The Clown Apr 2017 #38

Profit sharing. Corporations over a certain size are owned 50% by public KittyWampus Apr 2017 #40

Send the robots into battle and bring the soldiers home to take their jobs. nikibatts Apr 2017 #42

I really, really hope you are kidding. DetlefK Apr 2017 #54

Get a skill tirebiter Apr 2017 #47

Maybe, just maybe... silverweb Apr 2017 #48

Some level of guaranteed income for all citizens workinclasszero Apr 2017 #51

John l. lewis tirebiter Apr 2017 #52

It's not just automation. With modern technology gadgets, products Kahuna7 Apr 2017 #55

This is one of the most important questions facing us. BSdetect Apr 2017 #56

ROFLMAO, is this what Clinton Watts was talking about? snooper2 Apr 2017 #57

Anthropocentric climate change may render the qestion moot, as 80% of the KingCharlemagne Apr 2017 #59

Dystopia. HughBeaumont Apr 2017 #63

Small jobs, construction, medicine duncang Apr 2017 #71