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NutmegYankee

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69. Uh, no.

Mon Apr 3, 2017, 10:13 AM

Apr 2017

Unless the robots have significant AI, the troubleshooting and repairs will still require human technicians. I have daily experience in complex electrical-mechanical systems.

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

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More wars rickford66 Apr 2017 #2

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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

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

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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

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Interesting historical reference PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #45

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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

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

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

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yes it will... JHan Apr 2017 #36

Amen. PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #37

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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

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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

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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

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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