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Actually the assumption of population increase might not be true. A lot of countries now showing slowing population growth from having fewer children. It might
by ackbar03 7y ago
Actually the assumption of population increase might not be true. A lot of countries now showing slowing population growth from having fewer children. It might be possible that we will happen to be in need of robotics to address the shrinking workforce
- mdorazio 7y agoYes and no. With a shrinking population, the jobs you end up wanting to automate the most are related to elderly care in a lot of cases (see: Japan), which is fairly difficult for robots/computers in comparison to factory line operations, cashiers, etc. The other issue is that the timescales don't necessarily match up. It's a pretty safe bet that improvements in robotics, computer vision, machine learning, etc. will outpace the decline in population in most countries, so the net result still stands.