From: Alfio Puglisi (puglisi@arcetri.astro.it)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003 - 08:46:45 MDT
http://marshallbrain.com/robotic-nation.htm
Some Kurzweil-like estimates, and an article entirely dedicated to the
jobs that will be lost to "robots"...
"... If you add that all up, it's over 50 million jobs lost to robots.
That is a conservative estimate. By 2050 or so, it is very likely that
over half the jobs in the United States will be held by robots.
All the people who are holding jobs like those today will be unemployed.
American society has no way to deal with a situation where half of the
workers are unemployed. During the Great Depression at its very worst, 25%
of the population was unemployed. The robotic future will be twice as bad,
and it will be permanent."
Ciao,
Alfio
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