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There have been some amazing technological developments the last 10 years. Machinery for mining, construction, and farming has been created that can be programmed to run completely on its own or with a single operator. Trucks, buses, cars, etc. are being developed that are self driving. Retail companies are experimenting with stores where computers automatically tally what you put in your cart and deduct it from your account as you walk out the door. Restaurants are exploring machinery that prepares, cooks, and delivers food on order.
What this means is greater efficiency and reduction in labor and lower costs and higher margins. It also means over half of the jobs in America are facing an extinction level event within 20 years. Miners, construction workers, farm hands, truck drivers, taxi drivers, bus drivers, cashiers, cooks, waiting staff, etc. are all on the precipice of watching their jobs evaporate.
Some jobs will be somewhat secure. For example health and human services, corrections, mechanics, engineering, computer science and programming, and information systems, are not easily automated and probably will remain until sophisticated AI is developed.
So what then for the unemployed? Basic income? Welfare? Starvation?
What this means is greater efficiency and reduction in labor and lower costs and higher margins. It also means over half of the jobs in America are facing an extinction level event within 20 years. Miners, construction workers, farm hands, truck drivers, taxi drivers, bus drivers, cashiers, cooks, waiting staff, etc. are all on the precipice of watching their jobs evaporate.
Some jobs will be somewhat secure. For example health and human services, corrections, mechanics, engineering, computer science and programming, and information systems, are not easily automated and probably will remain until sophisticated AI is developed.
So what then for the unemployed? Basic income? Welfare? Starvation?