Will a robot take your job?

[nexus5rocks]

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34066941

Similar to another thread I created earlier, but this one has a link and a poll.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2446909

 

[SparkyJJO]

Since robots are controlled by computer, and I fix computers... Nope, I'm safe. If anything, it is more job security for me

 

[MongGrel]

Been done too many times all ready.

And if it's similar why didn't you post to that one ?

 

[smackababy]

When robots learn to do computer science, probably. But, my other occupation of trolling morons on the internet is something a computer will never have the ability to do!

 

[Platypus]

nope.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Nope. I service and repair the robots. We call them "instruments" or "analyzers," but regardless, they are automated machines that were designed to take other people's jobs.

 

[John Connor]

No maybe?

 

[Red Squirrel]

My job is not listed. I'm a NOC Technician. Technically a robot could easily do my job but in reality there is so much miscellaneous stuff we do as well and even the ability to judge a situation would be hard to replicate by an automated process. If anything I'm more at risk of being outsourced than automated, but that goes for ANY office job.

 

[Imp]

Absolutely.

 

[ControlD]

Unless robots start programming themselves and other automation/machining equipment I am probably safe.

 

[lxskllr]

No, but they took the jobs of the people I used to work with.

 

[gorcorps]

I doubt it... my job involves fixing things that go wrong when the automation and robots break. I guess if they were more reliable they wouldn't need me as much.

 

[CraKaJaX]

No.

 

[TXHokie]

I am looking to automate myself out of my job so I can go do something else more interesting. It's going to take a while.

 

[mmntech]

I have a pretty broad skill set so somewhere between 8% to 50% depending on what I describe myself as.

Last station I worked at didn't have any camera operators. They have robotic pedestals now that can be remotely operated by the director in the control room. Only really works for static, in studio shots but it still saves them from having to hire someone.

 

[Zodiark1593]

Woot, bring on the Automated Management. No more costly upward mobility for your wage worms.

 

[Ken g6]

Woot, bring on the Automated Management. No more costly upward mobility for your wage worms.

Hey, an automated CEO wouldn't make millions of dollars a year. So the company could pay its workers better.

Or its shareholders. More likely its shareholders.

 

[clamum]

Like a few others, I'm safe until robots start programming themselves.

 

[jlee]

Since robots are controlled by computer, and I fix computers... Nope, I'm safe. If anything, it is more job security for me

Heh yup. Somebody has to install/maintain the robots. I should be safe until we have legitimate AI, then everybody's screwed.

 

[IronWing]

I'm a sex worker. I'm good. :sneaky:

 

[Newell Steamer]

If AI is every developed, sure.

 

[Humpy]

Robots can't have jobs.

I don't have a job.

I'm a robot.

 

[nageov3t]

I don't think so.

I could more easily see computing advancing to the point where there just aren't problems/bugs anymore and IT specialists like me may no longer be needed, but (hopefully) not within my lifetime.

 

[gorcorps]

I am looking to automate myself out of my job so I can go do something else more interesting. It's going to take a while.

Do it, assuming you want to move up that is. I'm a big proponent of "working yourself out of a job" to move on to better things. If the company isn't comfortable with you leaving your position, then you're stuck there forever. Fuck that noise... leave your position better than you started and/or make sure you've trained somebody to the point that the company is comfortable offering you a move up.

 

[OverVolt]

They recently tried and failed at my old job. Was supposed to replace 5 workers or so and instead the constant maintenance on the flaky robot ended up increasing the FTE required by about 1.5x . It was a total disaster. OT galore.

I think productivity will soon hit a peak. Alot of people do lazy "take current trend and extrapolate!" analysis but that literally never happens. I think robotics are currently banging their head against the wall now that alot of the low hanging fruit has been taken. They have a real cost effectiveness problem when all the maintenance is taken into account.