A Future Without Jobs

[porsche930dude]

The few business owners I know cant find any skilled workers so they hire any old kid off the street who knows nothing. But there is always new ways to make money. Look at all the people who make a living on youtube doing nonsense. Times change

[sc_rufctr]

“By far you have more power, more capability, than the President of the United States had 30 years ago.
If you have an Internet link you have an article of wisdom, you can communicate to millions of people, you can communicate to the rest of Earth instantly.
I mean, these are magical powers that didn't exist, not that long ago. So everyone is already superhuman, and a cyborg,” says Musk [at 33:56].

[GH85Carrera]

Steve Jobs died October 5, 2011. The future without jobs is here.

[Tervuren]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Steve Jobs died October 5, 2011. The future without jobs is here.

This was my first thought on the thread title, given that all letters were capitalized.

[island911]

perhaps that should read: ...go play in a VR environment.

[reachme]

there are jobs machines will never be able to do. . . like hunting-gathering

[island911]

the majority of our ag planting & harvesting comes from machines.

[Tidybuoy]

Unfortunately, I think War is the answer. Blow everything up and start over. This creates jobs.

[911 Rod]

We'll just be here to procreate .....

[jyl]

If anyone wants to do some number crunching, here is US employment by job type.

https://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_102.htm

[scottmandue]

I'm taking a ninja assassin correspondence course, lets see a machine take that job!

[Jim Richards]

[jyl]

https://qz.com/940977/no-one-is-prepared-to-stop-the-robot-onslaught-so-what-will-we-do-when-it-arrives/?utm_source&google_editors_picks=true

[island911]

Originally Posted by jyl

If anyone wants to do some number crunching, here is US employment by job type.

https://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_102.htm

number crunching? sounds like a job for a computer. d'oh!

[Aurel]

I read that AI will very soon achieve the reasoning and thinking capability equivalent to a human IQ of 120. That will put all liberals out of a job right there!

[jyl]

What an intelligent comment.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by jyl

The highly skilled will still have jobs - until their skills are obsolete.

I think it will be blue collar, touch labor in many industries, not all, that will always have jobs.

[jyl]

Yes, plumbers, carpenters, electricians, etc seem pretty safe. But maybe not if everyone starts going into those fields.

[Jim Richards]

The robot scabs are coming to take your jobs (Opinion) - CNN.com