From the Economist (Shumpeter) - Will a robot really take your job? - excerpt: Automation has its virtues. Economies benefit by lower-costs that allow products/services to be more affordable to more consumers. So, automation is not all bad. Nonetheless, there is no doubt about it: The Industrial Age is way, way behind nowadays the advanced nations (like Europe, Japan, the US, etc.) The Information Age is not coming - it is upon us. So what? So this: The job-requirements in terms of education are not the same as they once were. They are even higher! And of the only 45% of American students that do go on to a post-secondary schooling, no more than half will complete their studies. And, whyzzat! Because the costs of a tertiary-level education in the US are too damn expensive!* *Which should lead directly into why Education Debt is the largest type of debt in the US. But that's for another day.
At the risk of appealing to authority, my background is in financial engineering. So, from my perspective, yes, you allow them the opportunity, a robot really will steal your job.
Yes, just like the steam-engine "stole the jobs" of thousands upon thousands of farmers in the 19th century. And did the motor-car "steal the jobs" of those who built horse-drawn carriages? Just what is your problem? The word "progress", I suggest - which is a challenge that we must confront with postgraduate higher-education (that is free, gratis and for nothing)!
