Many Jobs will be Automated Away

[Michael DeVries]

Factory robots seen boosting employment, not killing jobs => http://news.investors.com/technology-click/100515-774216-robots-killing-jobs-is-myth-says-automation-group.htm#ixzz3oq1fZmgV

More robots equal more jobs => http://www.packworld.com/trends-and-issues/automation/more-robots-equal-more-jobs

What do you think about all of this?

Do you predict that more factory robots will increase or decrease human employment/jobs in the future?

Let’s talk about it all herein, ok?

[Michael DeVries]

Has labour a place in the age of automation? => http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/innovation/2015/10/27/has-labour-a-place-in-the-age-of-automation

What do you think?

Let’s discuss it all here, ok?

[Michael DeVries]

Why Artists Shouldn’t Fear the Automated Renaissance => http://ppr.li/r?trail=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psfk.com%2F2015%2F10%2Fdont-fear-automation-the-automated-renaissance-tictail-vsco-cam-wibbitz.html&urlhash=e36d6fd1&src=paperli.share …

What do you think about this? …
Should Artists fear automation and/or the Automated Renaissance?

Let’s talk about it here, ok?

[Michael DeVries]

Robots will replace our labor ‘like the sun comes up in the morning’ => http://ppr.li/r?trail=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fpanera-ceo-tech-will-replace-workers-2015-10&urlhash=cbc57c2e&src=paperli.share …

Do you Agree? or Disagree? with these statements by the CEO of Panera Bread? and Why?

Let’s discuss all of these topics herein, ok?

[Michael DeVries]

Automation Will Change Jobs More Than Kill Them => http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/automation-will-change-jobs-more-than-kill-them/?_r=0

Do you Agree? or Disagree? that “Automation Will Change Jobs More Than Kill Them” and Why?

Let’s debate this topic here, ok?

[Michael DeVries]

How robots will even affect the jobs of people we thought were immune => https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/06/how-robots-will-even-affect-the-jobs-of-people-we-thought-were-immune/

How do you predict that robots will affect these types of jobs? and when?

Let’s discuss it all here, ok?

[Michael DeVries]

“By 2018, more than 3 million workers globally will be supervised by a robot boss” => http://www.cio.com/article/2989904/careers-staffing/robotics-automation-play-a-big-role-in-gartners-top-10-predictions.html?utm_campaign=sflow_tweet#tk.rss_all

What do you think about the idea of having a robot boss?

Do you think that a robot would make a better boss than a person?

By when do you predict that robot bosses will be common place?

Let’s discuss all of these questions here, ok?

[Michael DeVries]

Better skills will not save middle-class jobs from automation => http://www.thebrokeronline.eu/Articles/Better-skills-will-not-save-middle-class-jobs-from-automation

What do you think about all of this? …
Do you believe that better skills and/or eduction will save middle-class jobs from automation?
Why? or Why Not?

Let’s discuss all of this herein, ok?

[Michael DeVries]

Automation Is a Job Engine, New Research Says => http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/03/automation-is-a-job-engine-new-research-says/?_r=0

Do you predict that Automation will result in a net loss or net gain or no change in the number of jobs? and Why?

Let’s talk about it all here, ok?

[Michael DeVries]

1) How Not to Lose Your Job to Automation -> http://digitally.cognizant.com/digital-technologies/automation/how-not-to-lose-your-job-to-automation/

2) Robots: What can workers do to protect themselves from automation? => http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/robots-what-can-workers-do-protect-themselves-automation

What do you all think about these tips regarding How Not to Lose Your Job to Automation?

Do you predict that one or more of these tips may help you Not Lose Your Job to Automation in the future? Why? or Why Not?

Let’s discuss all of the potential ways How Not to Lose Your Job to Automation here, ok?

[Michael DeVries]

Robots, other advances will cost humans 5.1 million jobs by 2020 => http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/01/report-robots-other-advances-will-cost-humans-5-1-million-jobs-by-2020/

Do you predict that we will actually lose 5.1 million jobs by 2020 due to these technological advances? Why? or Why Not?

Or do you predict that we will actually lose less jobs, no jobs, or actually gain in the number of jobs by 2020? and Why?

Let’s discuss it all herein, ok?

[Michael DeVries]

World Forum: AI Should Automate ‘White-Collar’ Work => http://www.cmswire.com/social-business/world-forum-ai-should-automate-white-collar-work/

What do you think?
Should Artificial Intelligence (AI) automate ‘White-Collar’ work?
Why> or Why Not?

Let’s debate all of these topics herein, ok?

[Michael DeVries]

Your next insurance agent will be a robot => http://www.cnet.com/news/your-next-insurance-agent-will-be-a-robot/

Would you like it if your insurance agent was a robot?
Why? or Why Not?

Do you think robots will replace human insurance agents?
Why? or Why Not?
If so, by when do you think this will happen?

Let’s discuss it all here, ok?

[Michael DeVries]

This robot-powered burger joint could put fast food workers out of a job => http://www.techinsider.io/momentum-machines-is-hiring-2016-6

How soon do you predict that all of the McDonald’s, Burger Kings, etc. will be automated?

What do you predict will be the impact of the automation of fast food restaurants on jobs for those who currently work there, e.g. teenagers, etc.?

Would you prefer a hamburger made to order by a robot vs. by a person?

Let’s discuss all of these topics here, ok?

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