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FakeNoose

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7. Maybe, but there's also going to be a lot of pain

Reply to MichMan (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 12, 2017, 12:21 AM

Dec 2017

My grandson is 10 years old now, and he'll have to face major upheavals in whatever field he decides to go into. All of today's kids will have to do the same.

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Will robots take our children's jobs? [View all] FakeNoose Dec 2017 OP

In the 1950's there was widespread fear PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #1

If your child wants to become a plumber FakeNoose Dec 2017 #2

My one son is currently in a PhD program PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #10

Who hires astrophysicists and will they continue to do so? FarCenter Dec 2017 #16

Universities and various national labs PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #17

Someone needs to run the robots. David__77 Dec 2017 #3

Yes of course FakeNoose Dec 2017 #5

Can we vote them into the House and Senate? RainCaster Dec 2017 #4

The sky will be the limit for those who develop the skills MichMan Dec 2017 #6

Maybe, but there's also going to be a lot of pain FakeNoose Dec 2017 #7

You have not heard of the Smart Machine effort. Blue_true Dec 2017 #12

What if you're not STEM inclined? HughBeaumont Dec 2017 #15

Robotics is the next big sea-change in work Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2017 #8

Probably most of them... Wounded Bear Dec 2017 #9

Our children will be robots! nt greyl Dec 2017 #11

Google's "superhuman" DeepMind AI claims chess crown hunter Dec 2017 #13

The big impact of AI is that education will not be effective in competing with automation FarCenter Dec 2017 #14

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