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PoindexterOglethorpe

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10. My one son is currently in a PhD program

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 12, 2017, 12:44 AM

Dec 2017

in astrophysics.

I sincerely hope he cannot be replaced by a robot.

Were he not so genuinely brilliant in science, I'd have strongly encouraged him to do a trade, like plumbing.

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Will robots take our children's jobs? [View all] FakeNoose Dec 2017 OP

In the 1950's there was widespread fear PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #1

If your child wants to become a plumber FakeNoose Dec 2017 #2

My one son is currently in a PhD program PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #10

Who hires astrophysicists and will they continue to do so? FarCenter Dec 2017 #16

Universities and various national labs PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #17

Someone needs to run the robots. David__77 Dec 2017 #3

Yes of course FakeNoose Dec 2017 #5

Can we vote them into the House and Senate? RainCaster Dec 2017 #4

The sky will be the limit for those who develop the skills MichMan Dec 2017 #6

Maybe, but there's also going to be a lot of pain FakeNoose Dec 2017 #7

You have not heard of the Smart Machine effort. Blue_true Dec 2017 #12

What if you're not STEM inclined? HughBeaumont Dec 2017 #15

Robotics is the next big sea-change in work Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2017 #8

Probably most of them... Wounded Bear Dec 2017 #9

Our children will be robots! nt greyl Dec 2017 #11

Google's "superhuman" DeepMind AI claims chess crown hunter Dec 2017 #13

The big impact of AI is that education will not be effective in competing with automation FarCenter Dec 2017 #14