It's not the robots we fear--it's the #AI.
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And you can be damned sure a super intelligent A.I. could mass produce robots that make today's look like amoebas, should it wish to.
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#AI is going to crush accountants, bookkeepers, musicians, animators, graphic designers, paralegals, statisticians, traders
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Yes, roboticization/automation won't come as quickly as some predict, but young people choosing their career need consider trends likely to affect them over their 50-year workspan.
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Article ignores plummeting labor participation rate.
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I'm a landscaper/groundskeeper, my job is safe from robots regardless.
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But I want robots to take our jobs. I, for one, do not love my servitude.
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Quit trying to bring me down!
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The "fear" is AGI, then superintelligence, not robots. Narrow AI systems will first leverage productivity, but that could take decades.
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Luckily, "jobs" isn't a zero-sum pool. And the opportunity cost of low production manual labor is real. Ask anyone with a washing machine.
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I know, I know, I haven't read the article yet, but what is this nonsense? Robots are already here and they've taken lots of jobs!

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Take this gem about the economy adapting to driverless cars & apply it to Midwestern factory town: Does the rust belt just need more "time"?pic.twitter.com/YzotvWLiaF
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How about AI/white collar work? Cleaning toilets is a remarkably difficult manual task, but online brokering is not.
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Lawyers used to pore over law texts. Obsolete. My doctor sits at computer during exam. Acctnt use tax programs. Etc
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