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Amishman

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3. its not just trucking, automation is going to completely transform the labor market in 5-10 years

Reply to flying_wahini (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2020, 01:06 PM

Mar 2020

self driving trucks
RFID driven store inventory and checkout
automated warehouses and shelf stocking
automated fast food
robotic cleaning and janitorial duties
robot fruit pickers
even most bookkeeping and clerical jobs

Yang was right, we need UBI
We also will need to aggressively retrain and reeducate those who are displaced to minimize the burden

I work on designing and implementing origination systems, so I am one of those building the tools that will do a lot of clerical / financial processing jobs.

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Did you see driverless trucking episode on 60 Minutes last night? Wow 300,000 jobs [View all] flying_wahini Mar 2020 OP

Yes. Newest Reality Mar 2020 #1

The jobs won't disappear Loki Liesmith Mar 2020 #2

If the autonomous rigs can do look long haul Sherman A1 Mar 2020 #7

its not just trucking, automation is going to completely transform the labor market in 5-10 years Amishman Mar 2020 #3

I don't think it will ever happen Mosby Mar 2020 #4

I disagree Sherman A1 Mar 2020 #6

This is just what Andrew Yang Sherman A1 Mar 2020 #5

I did see that Chainfire Mar 2020 #8