Thought I’d link to this series on AJ+ that delves into this subject. I was going to post this in IMHO or another forum but saw this thread pop back up again on the radar so figured I’d post it here. Basically, this series talks about the future of automation and what jobs are likely to be automated in the near future and what the impact of those may mean. There are 4 videos in the series that discuss different aspects, I think they are all about 15 mins or so. It’s interesting stuff even if you know a bit about this. If you don’t’ know that much about it it will really help.
My overall take is to remind people that we have had these sorts of job displacements in the past. When they talk about 50% of jobs (or whatever) being automated, that certainly sounds scary, and in the short term for those people in those sectors it certainly is, but recall that at the turn of the last century 90+% of people were in the agricultural sector, while today it’s less than 3%. And just to understand, I personally believe that IT (what I do IOW) is moving towards more automation as well, and the job I do could certainly be automated or done by a good expert system or weak AI…and, in fact, I expect it WILL be in the next 10-20 years, tops.
Anyway, if anyone is interested in the videos feel free and post what you think.