El Cid Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 It has been estimated that by 2020, humans will lose roughly 5 million jobs to robots. Is yours one of them? I drive a minibus, so when Google get their driver-less car working properly, buses will be next. https://www.electriciancourses4u.co.uk/blog/could-a-robot-take-your-job/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzer1 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Would,nt worry too much. As I left school they were saying oil would run out by the next century and that was in 1979. We still have plenty of oil. It's alright having driverless vehicles but there are still plenty of cars with drivers that are idiots that will manage to hit the driverless cars. Then we start with the legal suing etc. Robots have been around for decades doing various jobs and they have a long way to go before they are as efficient as seen in sci if films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 time for a butlerian jihad? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butlerian_Jihad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzer1 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 By the way is your figure worldwide or UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 or judgement day...... http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Judgment_Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjames Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 I believe it. Google are investing billions now in AI. The only way to protect our jobs is to learn a skill or job robots can't do. Experts reckon we will have to adopt cyborg features or implants to compete with robots in future job market. Say a bionic arm that makes us sort mail faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 I believe it. Google are investing billions now in AI. The only way to protect our jobs is to learn a skill or job robots can't do. Experts reckon we will have to adopt cyborg features or implants to compete with robots in future job market. Say a bionic arm that makes us sort mail faster. being a cyborg is not as fun as it sounds! i have a pain in all the diodes down my left side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biotechpete Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 or judgement day...... http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Judgment_Day Technically the day of machine self-awareness isn't that far beyond where we are. We already have computers that can learn in ways we don't fully understand and teach themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Arctor Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 time for a butlerian jihad? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butlerian_Jihad I think eventually it's quite likely. It's all very well saying to people "learn to do something that computers can't do" but that range of work will get smaller as machines get more intelligent, and some people are only up to low-skilled jobs, they lack the mental raw material for more complex jobs. I think it's quite an alarming prospect: large numbers of people permanently out of work, unaffordable welfare bill, therefore high crime as people are forced to survive without welfare, and dwindling markets for goods and services due to insufficient numbers of people earning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Supermarket check-out workers are on their way out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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