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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: Mackin USA on December 01, 2017, 11:06:42 AM

Title: #SCARY Robots could replace nearly a third of the U.S. workforce by 2030
Post by: Mackin USA on December 01, 2017, 11:06:42 AM

Is our education system up to the task?  :o

Over the next 13 years, the rising tide of automation will force as many as 70 million workers in the United States to find another way to make money, a new study from the global consultancy McKinsey predicts.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/11/30/robots-could-soon-replace-nearly-a-third-of-the-u-s-workforce/

Title: Re: #SCARY Robots could replace nearly a third of the U.S. workforce by 2030
Post by: Rupert on December 02, 2017, 09:40:07 AM

I have been generally fearful of the future, have expressed my views on Jeff Besos, but occasionally I read something that gives me hope. 

https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/technology/nick-clegg-ai-can-enhance-world-not-destroy/

for those who do not know Nick Clegg, he was once half of a prime minister in the UK.  It was a disaster for him, and he has been constantly ridiculed ever since.  He must be thick skinned, because he is still about.

Sometimes he can talk complete sense. This I find quite up lifting, as he is right, it does not have to end in doom and gloom.