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how it goes down is important though. if automation follows after labor begins to move to something else then that's one thing, but the reverse, automation putt
by pasquinelli 10y ago
how it goes down is important though. if automation follows after labor begins to move to something else then that's one thing, but the reverse, automation putting people out of work, mean there might not be anything for them to realistically move to.
- zaroth 10y agoA booming business in automation and robot repair.
- adrianN 10y agoGood luck learning to program or repair self-driving trucks when you've been a truck driver for your whole career.
- Freebo 10y agoSelf-driving trucks have mechanical parts too. Even if you automate basic mechanical maintenance, operation and supervision will still require human intervention for a relatively long time.
- superuser2 10y agoThe whole point is that you need fewer humans in the loop. If every factory worker automated out of a job was hired back to work on the robots, we'd skip the automation part entirely.