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Fumesucker

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15. People who thoroughly understand electronics and mechanics

Reply to DainBramaged (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 08:01 AM

Feb 2013

About maybe one to five percent of the population.

I've fucking done complete restorations and retrofits on industrial robotic machine tools from the ground up and can't get a job any more fixing them, I'm too old.

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What's going to happen when the robots take almost every job? [View all] ErikJ Feb 2013 OP

never happen... dtom67 Feb 2013 #1

It is happening. The point of the article is that it is happening to the service job sector JDPriestly Feb 2013 #9

I'm Afraid You're Wrong - It's Already Happening. dballance Feb 2013 #12

Who will maintain the robots? DainBramaged Feb 2013 #2

They can tend to themselves forsaken mortal Feb 2013 #5

And speaking of doctors, I saw a video about a doctor at Scripps in the San Diego area JDPriestly Feb 2013 #10

People who thoroughly understand electronics and mechanics Fumesucker Feb 2013 #15

We need a different economic paradigm forsaken mortal Feb 2013 #3

Who will buy the stuff the robots make if all the jobs are taken? Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #4

I think there are only two possible outcomes to the inevitable march of technological advancement. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #6

'Idiocracy' solution? ErikJ Feb 2013 #7

But without the context of a comedy. More like Bladerunner crossed with Haiti. n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #16

South Park will do an episode mocking those who lost their "jerbs" to a robot kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #8

As long as people have needs Chathamization Feb 2013 #11

We'll have SOCIALISM!!!1!ONE!1 ck4829 Feb 2013 #13

Same thing that happened when the looms did. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #14

At some point in the relatively near future we will have full human AI. Xithras Feb 2013 #17