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To: bentway who wrote (254697)	7/1/2014 9:16:58 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541933

<<<< you seem not to understand that robots coupled with AI are on the cusp of replacing MANY types of workers>>>> I'm not sure what gave you the idea that I think robots will not replace many types of workers. That will certainly happen. But just like in every industrial revolution, there are winners to go with the losers. If you see only the jobs lost you are looking at only one part of the issue. What I see is huge opportunity. So instead of training as an assembly line worker - I would suggest you work in a discovery biotech lab where they are making huge advances in science - added with the help of robots. Orrrr, if robots are going to be so successful, I might give up my job as a person who answers phones and instead get into designing or maintaining or installing robots! Which one do you think pays more? Was the switch to cars and trucks any less of an impact than robots? You didn't need farmers growing hay, people driving wagons, people picking up shit in the streets as cars could travel much faster and more independently than a person on a horse. Sure some jobs were lost - like buggy whip makers - but lots and lots of jobs were created. Robots will open up areas of employment we can't even dream of yet. There will be some losers and there will be lots and lots of winners.