It seems likely that one day technology will replace most jobs

[Circlenaut]

What then? Then we celebrate. We sit back and enjoy 24/7 luxury and relaxation while the robots do everything. Robots taking jobs are only a problem for people who are inflexible or unintelligent (ie those who can't get jobs building / programming / repairing / improving robots).

Wait until AI come's around then even those jobs will become obsolete.

 

[dawp]

Yeah, well you are just going to love Nanny Robot.

I've played a few flash games that involve a nanny. I could go for that kind of nanny bot.

(and no, I'm linking to them, you can probably find them easy enough with google.)

 

[Craig234]

http://www.thelightsinthetunnel.com/cgi-bin/getdownload.cgi


Read this book and weep.

From the book's introduction:

Since many of the people who work in fields like artificial
intelligence and robotics are talking about the future
prospects for these technologies on a fairly regular basis, I
assumed that a similar discussion must be going on among
economists. Surely, the economists are thinking ahead. If
machines suddenly get smarter and start doing many of
our jobs, then the economists will have a plan in place. At
least they will have thought about it; they’ll have some
good suggestions. Right?
Well, no. It turns out that while technologists are actively
thinking about, and writing books about, intelligent
machines, the idea that technology will ever truly replace a
large fraction of the human workforce and lead to permanent,
structural unemployment is, for the majority of
economists, almost unthinkable. For mainstream economists,
at least in the long run, technological advancement
always leads to more prosperity and more jobs. This is
seen almost as an economic law. Anyone who challenges
this “law of economics” is called a “neo-Luddite.” This is
not a compliment. (Bolding added)

(Misrepresenting my position)Indeed. The very concept of expressing Luddite views over the Internet is droll enough to make me laugh out loud.

LOL.

 

[DrPizza]

Too much technology is exactly what Theodore Kaczinski's message was about. (Unfortunately, he chose the wrong way to spread that message & everyone simply regards him as some crazy whacko named the Unabomber.) However, at the time he published his manifesto, quite a few very intelligent people went on record as saying "he's got a good point." And, intellectually, he certainly was no slouch himself.


Anyway... Let's see.... people who don't have to lift a finger to do any work...

Oh crap! The population of the Earth will be at least 10 billion by that point. Can you imagine 10 billion Paris Hilton types running around? Yikes! Quick! Pull the plugs!

 

[Jaskalas]

It seems likely that one day technology will replace most jobs

Entirely possible, except for population growth. We'll consume our resources, destabilize, and kill each other long before robots become so functional. The descendants of the survivors may have such luxuries, if world governments stabilize again.

 

[ModerateRepZero]

The OP's title is correct, but at least for the near future, it's difficult to outsource jobs that require a physical presence (ie. seeing a tooth doctor), and/or which are complex enough that you can't expect a $10 an hour person to perform on their own (ie. practicing medicine; there's still ways medicines can interact with the human body that we don't know about).

 

[IGBT]

fundamental trade skills will always be in demand i.e. carpenters/plumbers/electricians/concrete workers/builders but to do those jobs you must be willing to get down into the dirt and go where the demand is. If you don't want to do that then move back in wit mom and pop. Pray they will give you an allowance.