re: How long until your industry is automated?

Robot nurses won't be nearly as frisky and they won't complain about physicians quite as much

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Somebody had to run the machines.

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Actually the basis of the Matrix .

Its once the machines start running the machines is when the real problems start.

My main job is firefighter/paramedic
Side job is I install windshields at people’s homes or work

Robots ain’t doing neither anytime soon. They ain’t driving to somebody’s home to repair or replace a windshield.

I think in general, while a lot of jobs might not go away entirely, the number of positions offered will go way down. We are simply going to have software smart enough that a lot of our time consuming tasks will be done for us, allowing our main functions to be much more efficient.

I'm going to need robot insurance before long

Anybody recommend any providers?

At some point won’t there need to be a balance? If the labor force is depleted because of automation, will there be any consumers who can purchase the goods/services the automation is creating?

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At some point won’t there need to be a balance? If the labor force is depleted because of automation, will there be any consumers who can purchase the goods/services the automation is creating

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The way the current social climate is, and the generation to come, I wouldn't be surprised if hugs and smiles become legal tender.

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No robot wants to be a Tax Accountant.

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of course not. It's too taxing.

Hey, Liz. Can you help me file an extension?

As a physician in a surgical specialty I can’t foresee total automation of what I do on a daily basis, at least not in my lifetime (probably not my kids’ either).

The problem with just getting a diagnosis is that from a subjective standpoint, the diagnosis could only ever be as accurate as the input from the patient. As other docs on here can attest, a majority of our patients are retarded and incapable of giving an AI system an accurate enough history for it to come up with the right treatment. Of course, in the near future I worry about automation handling an input like “mista robot doctor sir, my hip really be painin me bad. I ain’t been doin nothin to make it painin like it do. But it do.”

The physical exam could be automated based on an entered chief complaint and certain tests would be easy to replicate with some sort of machine. But I’m not sure how many different machines or configurations of a certain machine it would take to accomplish them all.

The surgical part may be the easiest thing to automate. At least elective surgery, trauma will always be more difficult. Once camera and visual tracking/identification technology is good enough, things like anatomical variation and it’s effect on intra-operative decision making won’t be a speed bump any longer. Though even when surgery is fully Automated you’ll still need some surgeons nearby for backup. A machine goes down, a part breaks and it can’t complete the case, something will happen regularly enough that finishing the case “the old fashion way” will need to be an option.