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> "And what's left is being automated as fast as humanly possible." More likely, the low hanging fruit of automation has already been plucked bare and the rest
by ThrowawayR2 7y ago
> "And what's left is being automated as fast as humanly possible."
More likely, the low hanging fruit of automation has already been plucked bare and the rest will require a century or more to figure out. I certainly don't expect an automated plumber or meat processing worker anytime soon.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoThey get smarter every year. As I've posted before, my niece and nephew are automation engineers, moving from plant to plant like migrant workers, automating the hell out of everything and anything. It's not a case of 'can we'. Its only limited by the cost, which is a fixed upfront value. If the market is big enough, then that cost can be amortized. As America grows, more and more processes are entering the magic size where automation pays. When somebody says they "Brought the factories and jobs back to America!" they're lying. They brought the factory back, but only because automation-at-home is cheaper than hand-labor-overseas.
- wonderwonder 7y agoFully autonomous vehicles could very easily remove the need for 4 million trucking and taxi jobs as well as affect another 3 million uber / lyft drivers. That technology is not a hundred years away.