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RE: Hive And The Future of Jobs

As I agree with you on most, if not all points, I do want to put some emphasis on the fact that you said 'white collar' is the most at risk. This I cannot agree with more. I am still a big believer in learning 'blue collar' trades and skills. Those kind of jobs are not going away anytime soon. Plumbers, electricians, general construction, engine repair, etc. At least these things won't be fully going away in our lifetime.

Yes, there will eventually be AI based robots that could handle this, but I haven't seen anything yet to take the place of human intervention in some way or another. Take farming for instance, there are huge advances in the equipment and such, making the job easier, but there is still a human in the box running the machine. There is still a human that has to repair the machine, etc. Same will be with robotics and AI. Those that adapt and are able to learn how to build and maintain them will be the safe jobs.

I am going to be using some 'smart' tech stuff on my farm to make my life easier. Things like timers, smart plugs, camera systems, etc, can help you manage things on the farm right from your phone. So you don't always have to be there for every task. Having things like smart feeders and such can really cut time down, but there will always be that need for some human intervention, again, at least as far as I can see, and I am younger than you, lol.

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To me this comes down to AI advancing much faster than robotics. It is much easier to advance software, i.e. the world of bits, as compared to atoms.

Robotics will have its huge advancement curve but it is still very early. Going to be a long time before the trades are automated.

That's a good way to sum it up. I guess many people, including myself I am now learning, put AI into the same basket as robotics... Guess I need to separate that in my mind, lol. Thanks Hollyweird, lol.

Well they do go together, just advancement is going to be slower with the mechanics.

Much easier to code than engineer. The physical is a difficult world compared to the digital.