Posted on 09/27/2016 8:08:50 PM PDT by Mariner
Skyscrapers in the City of London could soon be built by robots rather than by people, according to the boss of one of the UK’s biggest construction firms.
The result would be huge productivity gains as more work could be done by fewer people – but also mass layoffs as traditionally labour-intensive construction projects hire fewer and fewer staff.
“We’re ,” said Alison Carnwath, the chairman of Land Securities, the £8.2bn FTSE 100 construction company.
Speaking at the Institute of Directors’ annual convention, the veteran businesswoman said the pace of technological change has taken her by surprise.
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And if he can grasp machine programming/PLC networks...he'll likely succeed.
If not, then not so much.
These robot machines will farm, build houses and commercial buildings, roads & bridges. They will also supplant every truck driver and cab driver as well. Even trains and ships.
How about robot football players?
We can get those robots to build the wall.
Members of Congress should be very concerned about their own jobs.
Robots will do the jobs illegals can’t so deport illegals now
“We’re ,” said Alison Carnwath, the chairman of Land Securities, the £8.2 billion FTSE 100 construction company. …They’re what?
The robots are getting smarter, not dumber.
cashiers,fast food employees, theater ticket takers and food jockeys, airport ticketing and baggage handlers, taxi drivers, hotel clerks,
The Brits talk funny English
Yeah, I could program a 486 in Basic to emulate a ‘critter in real time...
I thought it was supposed to be: “We are, Penn State”
More technology has always ultimately led to more employment opportunities for people, but I’m wondering if that could be coming to an end.
They are.
Like in that Neil Diamond song “I am! I said. To no one there.”
Even if more jobs could still be created, what do you do with a 55 year old man who has always gotten by with semi-skilled or low skilled work who cannot live long enough to get his education caught up to the point where he can be trained for these new opportunities?
Our jobs will be to build and service the machines.
But there will be many 100s of millions without work...living off welfare funded by the ENORMOUS increase in productivity.
Traditionally true. The difference (I think) is that now we are
1) Creating objects (robots) designed to do and completed entire jobs, not just parts as well as take over entire fields of employment, leaving no place for those workers to go.
2) Narrowing the field of what jobs are created as a result (Programmer, mechanical engineer, repair person.) There are not more job types being created but less - and if robot start building robots, all three of those go away as well.
If our damn schools were geared towards getting people to work, companies would probably hire people straight out of high school and train them. Instead, the teachers unions are more concerned about filling universities with warm bodies that don’t want to be there so that they look good on the world stage.
Get robots to replace politicians and illegals and Muslims
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