Warehouse/manufacturing operations to become even more automated... (wages, holidays, health care)

[Mircea]

Originally Posted by Mtnluver8956

Labor in China and India will actually not be feasible in the future when robots and AI become perfected. Pay a few thousand for a robot that will work faster and 24 hours a day than a worker in a 3rd world country.

You assume too much.

[Mtnluver8956]

Originally Posted by Mircea

You assume too much.

how so?

[cuebald]

Originally Posted by Mtnluver8956

imagine the current generation being the last generation with humans to do these types of jobs. AI is fast approaching and mechanical technology.


https://www.theguardian.com/business...-at-warehouses

When everyone is out of a job because of the robots, where is anyone going to get money to buy any of the stuff the robots dispense?

[Frank DeForrest]

Originally Posted by mtl1

Governments will probably be forced to place an 'income tax' on robots and automation.

Should they tax other tools like screwdrivers and hammers too?
The automobile, assembly lines, computers and other advancements didn't cause permanent mass unemployment, the economy will adapt.

[mtl1]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

Should they tax other tools like screwdrivers and hammers too?
The automobile, assembly lines, computers and other advancements didn't cause permanent mass unemployment, the economy will adapt.

False analogy. Hand tools put people to work who are taxed, robotics replace workers.

Government will have to do something besides importing more people with no where to work in a pyramid scheme.

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by BeerGeek40

All hail corporate America.

It is sad what is happening -- and NO there won't be more jobs gained than lost, in this new technological revolution.

Except the history has already proven you wrong.

[ambient]

Originally Posted by mtl1

That's why America needs less immigration and population growth.

And how is that going to help? That's not going to stop capitalists from reaping huge profits by automating the workforce.

And it's not just going to stop with manufacturing jobs; it will eventually conquer a number of white collar career paths as well.

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by ambient

And how is that going to help? That's not going to stop capitalists from reaping huge profits by automating the workforce.

And it's not just going to stop with manufacturing jobs; it will eventually conquer a number of white collar career paths as well.

So?

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

Originally Posted by J746NEW

So I gather you are for a universal income or liquidation of humans?
Which is it?

Most of us that contribute are smart enough to be the ones engineering, designing, building, installing, programming and repairing those robots. Is yours one of those unskilled, repetitive jobs that is so simple that it can be replaced by a machine?

[mtl1]

Originally Posted by ambient

And how is that going to help? That's not going to stop capitalists from reaping huge profits by automating the workforce.

And it's not just going to stop with manufacturing jobs; it will eventually conquer a number of white collar career paths as well.

How is mass immigration and population growth going to help?