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Portentous changes to the work economies of India and the USA due to job automation by machines and robots continue to make headlines. Varieties of hardware and software automation are seeing implementation burgeon in both countries, as companies seek efficiency by replacing humans with machines. Wage erosion in areas previously unaffected by automation - including varieties of programming - is getting commoner while new, albeit highly specialized, engineering jobs are created. Both articles encourage educational changes mindful of these realities, though how colleges either side of the world can adapt to the blistering pace of automation is unclear.
The latest tranche of job automation news comes hot on the heels of Davos' prediction that machine automation will result in a net loss globally of over 5 million jobs prior to 2020.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Friday February 12 2016, @08:16PM
The rest can curl up and die.
But they will lop off the heads of the rich first.
(Score: 1) by tftp on Friday February 12 2016, @09:53PM
It's not that easy, really. There won't be death squads in the streets. People will be given basic income, and they will spend it on McD food. Death from heart problems will occur naturally. But even far before they die they will become confined to their apartments and their scooters, because human body is not capable of carrying 400 lbs of fat. How would they be able to commit any head-loppage? They wouldn't even realize what is being done to them, just as modern population of the USA is getting fatter and doesn't mind it at all.