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No they aren't robots but tech that as a consequence reduce the number of employees. In Sweden there has been quite a big reduction in number of people working
by JoachimS 12y ago
No they aren't robots but tech that as a consequence reduce the number of employees.
In Sweden there has been quite a big reduction in number of people working at the checkouts. And even if they are freed up to do other things in the stores, there has been a net reduction in number of employees.
- SiVal 12y agoYes, "robot" isn't the point. "Non-human" is the point. Non-humans replacing humans probably began with animal domestication technology and has accelerated dramatically since then. Once a non-human replaces a human, the switch tends to be permanent, so all human jobs will eventually be replaced unless technology stops progressing (only if there's a global holocaust) or if humans can forever invent new jobs (that humans do better than non-humans) at a rate that matches the takeover of old jobs by non-humans. Since the takeover is apparently accelerating, humans aren't significantly improving, and non-humans are, it's going to be a difficult race.