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Originally Posted by Evangelical
What people forget is that it is not a 1:1 relationship between jobs lost because of technology and new jobs created. One robot might replace 10 factory workers but only 1 new job created to monitor the robot. So there are 9 people left with nothing to do. This is made worse by the fact that the world's population is increasing. So in the future there could be robots doing everything and a huge population with nothing much to do. Only a fraction of those people will be needed to work in the technology, as robots will eventually be able to maintain or even re-create themselves. The basic income for everyone is coming, and the humans will be slave to the robot masters. People think of the robots as the slaves but it is the other way around. Because people are dependent on the robots, the robots become their master.
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You can't look at this through a microscope. 100 years ago we had many jobs which are completely gone. Blacksmith is one example. The milkman used to deliver milk to your house, gone. Toll booth operator -- gone. Butler, Valet, Ladies maid, etc. But when we had blacksmiths we didn't have auto mechanics. Jobs are replaced when we become more efficient, being more efficient is good for everyone.
Yes, AI will replace many existing jobs, but at the same time there will be a huge demand for people to program the AI and design the objects that will be running AI. You have to be a lifelong learner and embrace change.