My other argument was that in the long term, machines will not “take our jobs” - they will simply change the types of jobs we do. Students will have a different type of go to job out of college. Maybe a job that has not been invented yet! I blog about the future of work as part of my day job, it’s a subject I’m very interested in ;)
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you know me very well john, and your comment was something you pitched to me while we were there, but like I said, i am only trained as a chef and for some thing to come along and take my job what else am I going to do? If I go back to college what would I learn? what skill could I pick up? I know alot but to put some one out of a job to get re trained then this is a down side to me, even if it did open jobs up that have not been thought of yet.
If people want to use robots then thats up to them, but they should also think about the challenged people who need these jobs, these are people who will be out of jobs, living on benifits and louting the streets.
What you say assumes that we are talking about dumb robots, specialised for one job. What when they are AI and more intelligent and capable than most people? Not qualified for a job? Easy, load a course and within hours they are experts.
Simplifying the problem is great for convincing those who are not able to find a job, but it is not fair - nor is it ethical.