re: What will people do for a living when everything is automated?

Posted by Bjorn Cyborg

Member since Sep 2016

26934 posts

Posted on 3/1/21 at 5:23 pm to Tshiz

Compared to 100 years ago, just about everything is automated. Lots more things are automated now than 25 years ago.

People keep talking about "when everything is automated" when that shite has been creeping for a century.

Tractors and cotton gins automated farming, costing millions of jobs.

I'm all for automation, but it's here and has been here for a long time. This is not futuristic.

Posted by TheHarahanian

Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023

Member since May 2017

19566 posts

Posted on 3/1/21 at 5:36 pm to Tshiz

Somebody will have to maintain and repair robots. Or maintain and repair the robots who maintain and repair robots.

Posted by RougeDawg

Member since Jul 2016

5909 posts

Posted on 3/1/21 at 5:36 pm to Bjorn Cyborg

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Compared to 100 years ago, just about everything is automated.

Ditch diggers were a real thing at highway departments...and they had a lot of them.

Posted by Zappas Stache

Utility Muffin Research Kitchen

Member since Apr 2009

38778 posts

Posted on 3/1/21 at 5:46 pm to Tshiz

I'm becoming an Artist.

Posted by Sidicous

Middle of Nowhere

Member since Aug 2015

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Posted on 3/1/21 at 5:50 pm to fr33manator

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You gonna automate creativity?

You got any proof of creative ability in kids of today? Staring at a screen ain't very creative.

Posted by Sneaky__Sally

Member since Jul 2015

12364 posts

Posted on 3/1/21 at 5:50 pm to Tshiz

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Will everyone code? Or become repair technicians? Or will everybody be in a medicinal field? How much automation in society is too much?

Those are long term questions - everyone won't code because basic, repetitive coding can be automated. There will be a some positions that require coding, but not some massive amount.

Anything requiring nimble fingers, a very wide ranging skillset and non-repetitive tasks are insulated against automation.

Posted by Crowknowsbest

Member since May 2012

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Posted on 3/1/21 at 5:56 pm to Tshiz

They will be given money by the government

Posted by EA6B

Member since Dec 2012

14754 posts

Posted on 3/1/21 at 6:22 pm to kywildcatfanone

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I mentioned this in one of the threads the other day. I feel for young people, cause a lot of jobs won't exist that exist today, will be done by machines.

They told us the same thing in 1960 about computers, if anything the computer revolution created many more jobs than were eliminated, i expect the same for automation.

Posted by Sao

East Texas Piney Woods

Member since Jun 2009

65931 posts

Posted on 3/1/21 at 6:25 pm to Tshiz

I'm going to go into roofing and landscaping. . Hire some of our southern neighbors and watch them work.

Posted by Klark Kent

Houston via BR

Member since Jan 2008

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Posted on 3/1/21 at 6:27 pm to Tshiz

this conversation is sooo dumb.

what you baws gonna do when an asteroid the size of Texas hits Earth?

Posted by USMEagles

Member since Jan 2018

11811 posts

Posted on 3/1/21 at 6:29 pm to Tshiz

quote:
What will people do for a living when everything is automated?

Automation?

Posted by dbeck

Member since Nov 2014

29453 posts

Posted on 3/1/21 at 6:29 pm to fr33manator

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You gonna automate creativity?

Actually they are. AI can produce millions of songs, movies, paintings, etc in a fraction of the time and then sort them into what people will like best.

The sad part is they won't even need to do this because nobody will have jobs to pay for art or music.

Posted by LSU2001

Cut Off, La.

Member since Nov 2007

2388 posts

Posted on 3/1/21 at 6:36 pm to Klark Kent

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what you baws gonna do when an asteroid the size of Texas hits Earth?

Die pretty much. If you are unlucky enough to survive the blast, the dust and debris hurled into the atmosphere will kill millions from the bad air. Then the “nuclear winter” resulting from said dust and debris will kill off pretty much the rest of humanity. Hopefully there will be enough left to restore our species but it will be a genetic bottleneck in that case.