In 10-15 years or so most long haul trucking in the U.S. will be by driverless vehicles. Many locomotives in rail yards today are already driverless. Robots will become ubiquitous in the workplace. But we’ll need robot mechanics and other specialtists to keep them running. I just read that McDonald’s is hoping to reduce its workforce by half using automation. The times they are a-changin’. Parents - encourage your kids to become engineers.
I thought you just said that locomotives are mostly driverless.
Parents - encourage your kids to become engineers.Why?
So they can watch their jobs being given to H-1B visa imports?
I refuse to use self-serve checkout registers in stores.
They put people out of work.
By using them, you encourage technology to further replace jobs. AND MARK MY WORDS, IF YOU'RE UNDER FORTY--and for many even older--YOUR JOB WILL BE ELIMINATED IN YOUR LIFETIME AND YOU WILL BE ON THE DOLE.
I believe this is already happening, and explains why unemployment and underemployment is already high.
Had a friend of mine lose his career--not just his job--to automation in his late 50s. He went back to school to become a medical technician. No one would hire him because he was too old.
And I still get p1$$ed whenever I call a company and get a voice menu. It's terrible customer service, but when all companies do it, where do you turn?
When it comes to abetting technology--except to dissuade others from abetting it--I'm on strike.