The day is coming rapidly where, though manufacturing may become more local, it will be because it’s all done by robots and computers. It will not only kill manufacturing jobs, but also shipping jobs.
As has always been the case, in every industry, forever.
The opportunities lie in creating the things the machine make, and the machines themselves.
There will always be jobs.
I remember back in ‘95 some loser at the car service I was working at while going to school told me
“Why are you learning graphics and other software?? In another 10 years ANYBODY will just be able to speak aloud what they want and there will be no need.
Programming will be gone.
no reason to learn how to type either because they’re gonna have software that types what you say?
If I had listened to this guy i wouldn’t haven’t made a bundle of money at presentations centers in investment banks in manhattan.
BTW, THEY ALL still exist today will exist tomorrow and next month and next year...
Those who cry about how all the jobs are gonna be gone are either retired, pessimistic or don’t want to work or make the effort to learn what they need to in order to get new jobs.
I have one cousin that is a CEO and one cousin that is a CTO.
They have both said that AI will aid in many things but from what they’ve seen, the number of new programmers needed offsets the jobs lost at MUCH better pay.
There’s always work. And there always will be.
Just gotta be willing to work. Or learn first.
Long term I think you are right. The equivalent of heavy duty 3D printing. Next step will be the replicators for Star Trek which will really change the game forever.
“though manufacturing may become more local, it will be because it’s all done by robots and computers.”
We are heading into a period where a lot of former human functions will be automated, in a relatively rapid wave. In controlled environments (like factories) initially, but also out in the wide world (self-driving cars, trucks and drones), and within the household.
It is already a major trend in factories, and will expand broadly into mobile functions during the 2020s. During the 2030s, there will likely be wholesale replacement of people in dirty, dangerous and repetitive or low-skill jobs.
It will likely be a more rapid transition, than was the mechanization of agriculture in reducing the farm employment from the majority of the population down to just about 3% now.
New jobs will develop, and the overall standard of living will likely accelerate pretty sharply.
The day is coming rapidly where, though manufacturing may become more local, it will be because it’s all done by robots and computers. It will not only kill manufacturing jobs, but also shipping jobs.
Just like ATMs killed bank tellers and self serve gas stations killed attendants?
Someone will need to fix the machines, load the materials, and QC the products.