What jobs will be left? (Page 2/2)
fredtoast AUG 14, 03:07 PM
Jobs taken by technology is nothing new. People talk a lot about manufacturing jobs being"sent over seas", but thousands of welding jobs were replaced by robots. Same with many other assembly line type jobs.
PhatMax AUG 14, 04:19 PM
Somebody has to repair the automated assembly lines and robots not to mention build the robots and lines
fredtoast AUG 15, 09:12 AM

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Originally posted by Hank is Here:

The safe jobs will be the folks who install or fix stuff. Think plumber, electrician, HVAC tech, mechanic (auto, truck, equipment, excavator/earth mover, siding/window installer), electrical lineman, tree removal contractors, etc.

Will these jobs all be the same as they are today, no! Are these jobs the same as they were 30 years ago, no! I think Mike Rowe with his pushing for the trades is ahead of the curve.




I 100% support promoting trade schools. There is a shortage of people with those skills, but even at full capacity those jobs are not going to fix our impending job shortage. Half a dozen plumbers working full time could handle all the repairs for a city of 100K. And another half dozen could handle all the construction jobs.
maryjane AUG 15, 09:50 AM

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Originally posted by many here:





But, many of those, are starting to sing a different tune now...

hindsight is so 20/20....

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TheDigitalAlchemist AUG 16, 11:02 AM

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Originally posted by PhatMax:

Somebody has to repair the automated assembly lines and robots not to mention build the robots and lines



They'll have robots that'll do that. They can already detect hardware issues and request repair.

But there will be a point when things will just be "simpler" - like how the interior of some EVs lack ALL the dash stuff. just a touch screen.

Most folks will just comply with all the stuff that is to come.

And our lifespans are short enough that the changes made will soon just be "the way they've probably always been..."
Jusat like we've always had internet. and electricity. and taxes. and brain implants...
maryjane AUG 16, 04:17 PM

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Jusat like we've always had internet.



On what planet?
TheDigitalAlchemist AUG 16, 04:43 PM

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Originally posted by maryjane:


On what planet?



You'd be surprised how many people don't know stuff like that... point to an outlet and ask a kid "where the electricity comes from.".
cliffw AUG 16, 06:22 PM

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Originally posted by IMSA GT:
This is actually an awesome thing for us here in California who live along the Hwy5 or Hwy99 corridor. The more of these inconsiderate ******* truckers off the road, the better. Having a driverless truck may mean that the vehicle may actually do the speed limit instead of these dipshit truckers who do 45 on a 70 zone causing bottlenecks and traffic.



It takes longer for a very heavy truck to stop. Truck drivers need to space farther away than the vehicle in front of them in case of a panic stop. Regular traffic always cut in front of them.
Notorio AUG 19, 12:50 AM
The end game I think is everyone will either work for the Government or be retired and supported by the Government, which will 'own' all the means of production and can staff it with AI, machines, or real people, as the Planners see fit. Answer this question: when has Government ever gotten smaller?
maryjane AUG 19, 12:22 PM

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Originally posted by TheDigitalAlchemist:


You'd be surprised how many people don't know stuff like that... point to an outlet and ask a kid "where the electricity comes from.".




That's actually a very complex question. Many people belive electricity is created. It is not. It's already there in any conductor. All a generator does (thru electromagnetism) is to begin the actof forcing the already present electrons to move along a conductor. The more poles and windings in a generator, the more the created electromotive force is to move electrons along the conductor as the generator simply changes the magnetic field potentials. It's this field change that makes the free electrons move, knock an electron offf the next atom it encounters, and that knocked off electron does the same and soon down the line and voila, you have electricity. There are never more free electrons in the outer shell of a conductor's atoms than physics allows. In the case of copper, that would always be one free electron regardless of how much force is applied to it. A harder question to ask is 'What is electromotive force?" because it's electromotive force that is created, not electricity.