Technology could kill 5 million jobs by 2020!

[315]

Y'all better learn how to fix robots then.

I'm sure they'll have robots for that.

I'll be stocking up on ski masks though

 

[GreenGrass]

i think this article is meant to scare people - i highly doubt this will happen

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

Some of the jobs listed are bullshyt. Automation won't fix it.

I evaluate jobs and determine how they fit in an organization, how much they should be paid, where the talent should be sourced from, etc....and trying to automate some of these jobs will just lead to headache.

Imagine calling Comcast automated line to solve an issue but in all aspects of your life. shyt just aint gonna fly with our society. They gonna have robots who can only go grab a person to figure shyt out. Inefficient.

Now production jobs? Yeah, those will be automated or shipped off

Ya'll keep thinking only production jobs will be affected. It's just not going to be production. That's just the first place the jobs are gonna go automated

These 5 jobs already are being taken by robots
A lot of people who make over $350,000 are about to get replaced by software
Billionaire Jeff Greene Says Technology Will Kill White-Collar Jobs, Hosts Conference On Inequality
8 Skilled Jobs That May Soon Be Replaced By Robots

 

[ahomeplateslugger]

some jobs will be lost but they'll just get replaced by new ones. the bigger problem will be that it'll only polarize the job market between high skilled workers and low skilled workers. low skilled jobs such as production/assembly line and drivers will go but any field that requires critical thinking or cognition will benefit from this.

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

some jobs will be lost but they'll just get replaced by new ones. the bigger problem will be that it'll only polarize the job market between high skilled workers and low skilled workers. low skilled jobs such as production/assembly line and drivers will go but any field that requires critical thinking or cognition will benefit from this.

The Rise of Human-Level Intelligence
We are on the cusp of a tech-based societal transformation that will be at least as big as that of the Industrial Revolution. This isn’t just machine-driven automation for tedious manual labor. We’re talking about man-made creations that can “think” at a human level – or even beyond.

To be fair, that second-wave revolution won’t actually be here for quite some time. Optimistic projections put that kind of breakthrough in the 2040s or 2050s while more conservative models predict the 2080s or 2090s. So, we have anywhere from a few decades to close to a century.
But when you look at the advancements made in the past few years, it’s hard not to get excited over the possibilities. A few decades might seem far away, but that time is going to zip on by and the breakthrough will arrive before you know it.

For example, driverless cars are on the horizon. It’s not as sexy an idea as, say, hoverboards or flying cars, but it’ll still have an enormous impact on the way we live our lives and conduct commerce. Driverless cars aren’t generally intelligent in the same way that people are, but driving is a big, complicated, subtle cognitive task which is quickly moving into the reach of robots, and that’s a sign of things to come.

It’s not even necessarily clear that traditionally intellectual jobs are safe. Even in the near future, machines like IBM’s Watson system that famously won on Jeopardy may take over data-heavy jobs like doctor and lawyer, thanks to their ability to consume and integrate far more information than humans. In fact, traditionally intellectual jobs may be among the first to go. Ironically, some of the tasks we think of requiring enormous intelligence (like those that depend on an enormous amount of domain knowledge) are proving much easier for machines than relatively basic tasks like cleaning a house or making a burger.

 

[SwizzLake]

They've been saying this in the mid 90's (from my research) that around 2015, most jobs will be taken over by "robots". We are now in 2016.

 

[Saiyajin]

the crime rate gonna go up unless the govt starts supporting basic income (which will NEVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR happen)

 

[KOohbt]

i wonder if people of the past were stupid enough to panic when tech replaced professions or did they just embrace the new time now available to do more work

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

They've been saying this in the mid 90's (from my research) that around 2015, most jobs will be taken over by "robots". We are now in 2016.

That doesn't negate the fact it's going to happen.

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

i wonder if people of the past were stupid enough to panic when tech replaced professions or did they just embrace the new time now available to do more work

And I wonder if stupid motherfukkers in this thread actually read the links I posted. THIS IS NOT THE fukkING INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION OF THE PAST


The Rise of Human-Level Intelligence
We are on the cusp of a tech-based societal transformation that will be at least as big as that of the Industrial Revolution. This isn’t just machine-driven automation for tedious manual labor. We’re talking about man-made creations that can “think” at a human level – or even beyond.

To be fair, that second-wave revolution won’t actually be here for quite some time. Optimistic projections put that kind of breakthrough in the 2040s or 2050s while more conservative models predict the 2080s or 2090s. So, we have anywhere from a few decades to close to a century.
But when you look at the advancements made in the past few years, it’s hard not to get excited over the possibilities. A few decades might seem far away, but that time is going to zip on by and the breakthrough will arrive before you know it.

For example, driverless cars are on the horizon. It’s not as sexy an idea as, say, hoverboards or flying cars, but it’ll still have an enormous impact on the way we live our lives and conduct commerce. Driverless cars aren’t generally intelligent in the same way that people are, but driving is a big, complicated, subtle cognitive task which is quickly moving into the reach of robots, and that’s a sign of things to come.

It’s not even necessarily clear that traditionally intellectual jobs are safe. Even in the near future, machines like IBM’s Watson system that famously won on Jeopardy may take over data-heavy jobs like doctor and lawyer, thanks to their ability to consume and integrate far more information than humans. In fact, traditionally intellectual jobs may be among the first to go. Ironically, some of the tasks we think of requiring enormous intelligence (like those that depend on an enormous amount of domain knowledge) are proving much easier for machines than relatively basic tasks like cleaning a house or making a burger.

 

[ahomeplateslugger]

@BelowTheMasonDixon You seem shaky and rattled by this. it's nothing new and has been going on for centuries. those self-driving cars will still need mechanics to fix them and electric cars will need charging stations built across the nation. it'll suck for some low-skilled workers but it'll also present new opportunities for them to develop a skill to get a job that'll hopefully pay more and enjoy.

 

[FatherSimp]

Time to get those certs

 

[BlackAlacard]

HVAC aint on the list

 

[KOohbt]

And I wonder if stupid motherfukkers in this thread actually read the links I posted. THIS IS NOT THE fukkING INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION OF THE PAST


The Rise of Human-Level Intelligence
We are on the cusp of a tech-based societal transformation that will be at least as big as that of the Industrial Revolution. This isn’t just machine-driven automation for tedious manual labor. We’re talking about man-made creations that can “think” at a human level – or even beyond.

To be fair, that second-wave revolution won’t actually be here for quite some time. Optimistic projections put that kind of breakthrough in the 2040s or 2050s while more conservative models predict the 2080s or 2090s. So, we have anywhere from a few decades to close to a century.
But when you look at the advancements made in the past few years, it’s hard not to get excited over the possibilities. A few decades might seem far away, but that time is going to zip on by and the breakthrough will arrive before you know it.

For example, driverless cars are on the horizon. It’s not as sexy an idea as, say, hoverboards or flying cars, but it’ll still have an enormous impact on the way we live our lives and conduct commerce. Driverless cars aren’t generally intelligent in the same way that people are, but driving is a big, complicated, subtle cognitive task which is quickly moving into the reach of robots, and that’s a sign of things to come.

It’s not even necessarily clear that traditionally intellectual jobs are safe. Even in the near future, machines like IBM’s Watson system that famously won on Jeopardy may take over data-heavy jobs like doctor and lawyer, thanks to their ability to consume and integrate far more information than humans. In fact, traditionally intellectual jobs may be among the first to go. Ironically, some of the tasks we think of requiring enormous intelligence (like those that depend on an enormous amount of domain knowledge) are proving much easier for machines than relatively basic tasks like cleaning a house or making a burger.

more time for people to do more work either way you slice it.

 

[Paradise50]

most of those jobs require a HS diploma