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Smart Systems Threaten More Jobs Than Outsourcing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the replaced-by-a-very-small-shell-script dept.

fbform writes "A strategy consulting firm called Strategy Analytics has announced that outsourcing to India and other countries is a small threat compared to having IT jobs replaced by 'smart systems'. Quote from a different news-source: 'higher value-added jobs - involving identification, assessment, conclusions, decisions, and recommendations - will continue to be lost to systems with increasingly intelligent capabilities'." Such as this one.

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  1. Hurry! by dignome · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not too late to destroy the machines. I'm content with going back to the cave, who's with me!

    1. Re:Hurry! by Billly+Gates · · Score: 3, Funny

      Nah. Just install Windows on all these machines.

      This is why I favor Microsoft and MCSE's. It makes us look better. Its this Linux/Unix shit that scares me to death.

      Before you know it people will have computers that are *gulp reliable like their cars or factories??

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    2. Re:Hurry! by Alsee · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm with you! *

      *Assuming the cave gets good broadband.

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  2. What they really mean by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look out for /etc/crontab

    It will take your job from you!

    1. Re:What they really mean by Yorrike · · Score: 4, Funny
      Just to be safe:

      rm -rf /etc

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      Looks can be deceiving. Or CAN they?

  3. The shirt to impose the threat by xYoni69x · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess we'll be seeing a lot more of this shirt.

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  4. Obligatory Matrix Quote... by dido · · Score: 4, Funny

    Never send a human to do a machine's job...

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  5. Re:Maintenance? by NSash · · Score: 3, Funny

    And who will keep these clever systems up and running 24h * 365days?

    Yeah, because we know that tech support will never be outsourced.

  6. DING DING DING! by BandwidthHog · · Score: 2, Funny

    We have a winner! And it only took slashdot 10 minutes to to generate, in its own entropically darwinian little way, the obvious answer that technology is designed to do shit for us, and that the story submission, as written, is an obvious troll.

    (Thanks for your help Mr. Hansen, there'll be a little extra karma in your account this week.)

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  7. Re:This is just silly by linzeal · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thank god less people are watching what goes into making food. That is a good thing, right?

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