One of the important things is to get information out! Yesterday I was talking about automation and wanted to make sure everyone understood the reality.
- Taxies will be one of the first systems that are automated for safety. They will still have a driver for those situations that are beyond the computer’s capacity to deal with.
- Uber and Lyft are testing driverless cars, and their model might not employ drivers in the future.
There is a great article that was written a year or so ago, I can’t find it right now but will share it if I do find it. It talks about jobs in the world.
- Jobs people love
- Jobs people hate
- Jobs that wear and tear on human beings.
The last category and the 2nd category are the first ones that would or could be replaced by automation. If a job over time causes injury and we can automate it, shouldn’t we? Now the other side of this is the reality of humans no longer had jobs. I won’t paint the rosy picture of the job market that several futurists have painted. The reality of where we are today is that for automation to be effective, we need education. We need to help people be able to earn a living doing other jobs. Mechanics and those who fix machinery will have a fairly straight forward transition to an automated world. Those dealing in physical labor will require education.
In considering automation, we have to consider two components. The first is the overall cost. The reality of the cost is that automation for many tasks is going to be five or more years out. We have time to teach new skills. The US failed to do this with automation in the automotive industry and it resulted in chronic unemployment in the part of the US knowns as the rust belt. Flint Michigan which used to have five Automotive operating plants now has two and at the point, the unemployment reached 21% in that area. The funny thing, car companies knew automation was coming; they didn’t educate their workers. Many new jobs are created by automation.
But the time of education is now. We need to figure out what jobs hit category three above and start to build automation systems to protect humans. We need to education mechanics and those who work with machines on how to solve problems in the new world order. Automation is not new, and it has taken over several industries over the past ten years. It is time to teach new skills!
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automation can be scary, right?
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Yes
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No
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human safety is the most important thing, right?
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Yes
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No
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People that work in jobs that are hurting them, deserve a chance to do something else right?
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Yes
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I see why Uber and Lyft are going to automation now because I’m seeing more often on the news about passengers assaulting drivers and drivers assaulting passengers. The automation would eliminate litigation.
they are the ones currently chasing driverless cars hard.
Q: AUTOMATION CAN BE SCARY, RIGHT?
Yes (9 votes) – 90%
No (1 votes) – 10%
Q: HUMAN SAFETY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, RIGHT?
Yes (11 votes) – 100%
Q: PEOPLE THAT WORK IN JOBS THAT ARE HURTING THEM, DESERVE A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE RIGHT?
Yes (9 votes) – 100%
With the continuous development of AI, particularly in the field of driverless vehicles, one of the jobs that will be most affected in the near future is driving. That would include taxi and truck drivers.
Then again, I agree that there is more than enough time for those who will be affected to learn new skills.
Honestly, I don’t think Taxis or truck drivers will go away. I think roads will be much safer, but we would still need the driver to deal with unforeseen issues.
Thanks though, there will be other impacts I do agree.
New technology related to automation may create jobs or raise wages. … By reducing production costs, automation will lead to higher output in affected industries, ameliorating the displacement effect on workers. Automation which increases worker productivity may also increase wages
that is an awesome way to look at this! You are right the economy will shift to more skilled workers making much higher wages. My fear is that we have to train those new skills now!
dunno, seems like some corporations are all about endangering the populace. looking at YOU monsanto…
The rush to feed people created an economy that was driven by greed. Monsanto and others in that market, responded.
sadly.
The reality of automation has to be the ethics of the human race, first!
I struggle with artificial intelligence on the phone. The computer really doesn’t understand what I am saying. Alexa practiced so I suppose it could work if you practice enough, but to do that with each system would be tedious. Does this make sense?
it does and it is a new issue for the future.
1. people like me walk into houses and when no one is around say “Alexa play heavy metal” and then leave!
2. The voice control systems are evolving. Today they are often hit or miss. Many complain that “Alexa” “Cortana” or “google” does not understand them. My wife has a Toyota with a voice system for navigation, neither of us can get the system to understand a midwest US accent!
The new automated world will make some human professions die while another occur, that’s normal.
you are right, professions disappear all the time. The time to train is before that happens, not after!
|I know that automation is the future but |I think I can get along with it
I think you could research so many topics in the area of AI. The impact on those trying to keep up with the rate of change would be a very interesting series!
I suppose many people will have to go to education and even be able to retrain.
i suspect many will have to retrain.
I think any kind of automation will still be a necessary human factor
it has to be built, maintained and upgraded. There are many human jobs!
Also, advanced apparatus and robots must be operated by someone
operated by, installed by and repaired by 3 different people!
many new jobs in the automated world!
This means that only trained workers will be needed
training is relative it would always be a lot of training.
Again, any kind of change is scary for most, but usually works out for everyone in the end.
yes there are many things we need to do before this hits. 🙂 best to plan first!
Indeed, get our ducks in a row.
i am a firm believer in ask questions, get discussions going!
I absolutely think automated landmine detectors , coal digging etc need to be given over to automation. Education and re-skilling is the key. But companies don’t want to spend the extra money doing that.
I don’t think automation is scary, it needs to be done right. On the other hand AI is scary.
i agree completely with that ! it is why i advocate training people now. We missed the chance 40 years ago the first time. We have to be smarter the 2nd time!
you are right – the interesting point would be, just like the reality of computers in the 1950s, those that automate will be in business.
those that don’t won’t.