Robots Are Coming For Our Jobs, Just Not All of Them

szczys writes: There was a video published on YouTube about a year ago called Humans Need Not Apply which compared human labor now to horse labor just before industrialization. It's a great thought-exercise, but there are a ton of tasks where it's still science-fiction to think robots are taking over anytime soon. Kristina Panos makes a great argument for which jobs we all want to see taken by robots, others that would be very difficult to make happen, and some that would just creep everyone out.

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If your job can be described by an algorithm...

[Austerity Empowers]

...then it will be automated somehow, eventually.

Re:If your job can be described by an algorithm...

[youngatheart]

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  if broke {fix(it);return fixed && call main }
  add value;
  update or upgrade;
  procrastinate(stuff);
  do consumerstuff {
    //* call retirement(savings) #function not written yet *//
    support(economy);
  } until money < minimum;
  call main;
} until robots;
//* call use_retirement(savings) #function not written yet *//
//* fix pseudo_code to make sense *//

function create_awesome_money_generator(ideas)
{ //* function unused, more ideas and talent needed before function functions *//
  write awesomeThing1(ideas);
  create Microsoft2();
  create Apple2();
  takeover FaceBook();
  admit(Satoshi Nakamoto);
}

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[Falos]

There's jobs? Great! I was worried that the 5,000,000,000 work-aged people in the 99% would struggle to find things the 1%'ers want done. Apparently each rich guy needs a city-sized army of artists and musicians for each of their mansions.

It's hilarious to see people in denial about this coming to a head, when it's long since started.

Bobby McGuy is 18 and trying to pay for school instead of suckering into the predatory scam of student loans, because he knows he's fucked if he doesn't get exclusive education (which, by definition, not everyone can have). He's healthy, ready to work, an optimized subject on a silver platter, and there's nothing for him to do unless he undercuts the robot's $2/hr. He's worthless. If, IF there's anything for him to do, 4,999,999,999 others want to do it too.

I know what I'm thinking

[bigdavex]

Robots Are Coming For Our Jobs, Just Not All of Them

So, what are the other ones doing? Sneaky bastards.

Re:Robots create jobs

[Damarkus13]

Last I looked plumbers still make more than doctors.

I keep hearing this, but all the data I can find does plumbers making on average ~$60k and general practitioners ~$140k.