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Today's 6th graders will hit their prime working years in 2030.
By that time, the "robot apocalypse" could be fully upon us. Automation and artificial intelligence could have eliminated half the jobs in the United States economy.
Or, plenty of jobs could still exist, but today's students could be locked in a fierce competition for a few richly rewarded positions requiring advanced technical and interpersonal skills. Robots and algorithms would take care of what used to be solid working- and middle-class jobs. And the kids who didn't get that cutting-edge computer science course or life-changing middle school project? They'd be relegated to a series of dead-end positions, serving the elites who did.
Alternatively, maybe Bill Gates and Elon Musk and the other big names ringing the alarm are wrong. A decade from now, perhaps companies will still complain they can't find employees who can read an instruction manual and pass a drug test. Maybe workers will still be able to hold on to the American Dream, so long as they can adjust to incremental technological shifts in the workplace.
Which vision will prove correct?
30 years into the Information Revolution and schools are only just now realizing they should teach kids how to code...
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday December 15 2017, @11:22AM (2 children)
They won't go away entirely, but they will largely go away because electric cars require much less maintenance than internal combustion engines.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by fliptop on Friday December 15 2017, @01:47PM (1 child)
Perhaps, but chassis parts will remain mostly as they are today. These are the parts that need much more attention in terms of maintenance. The parts I'm speaking about here include: tires, brakes, wheel bearings, tie rods, ball joints, control arms, bushings, axles, wheel studs, lug nuts, and any ABS parts like sensors and tone rings. Wheel alignments too.
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 15 2017, @09:27PM
And in any cold climate, salt corrosion and rust will degrade electrical connections and wire casings. Have fun getting your whole car torn apart looking for the bad ground, then replacing all the chips that got fried. Not to mention, electrical failures will be catastrophic as less and less mechanical control is available to the driver.