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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Lol! That’s great. I’m gonna steal it!
Me and my next older brother used to have that game. Simple, but a lot of fun. IMO, better than a modern video game.
“Hey, you knocked my block off!”
The sky is gonna fall and we’re all gonna die.
Gee, wait....I heard that in ‘72.
Re: “Hey, you knocked my block off!”
Lol! From the commercial!
Best part of that is you could program it to never say “no”.
Engineering and science careers.... Always my sense of the way of the future.
“The way of the future. The way of the future. The way of the future. The way of the future....”
A buddy of mine earned a degree in robotics over twenty years ago, and he’s still a waiter to this day.
Where will all the illegals get jobs now?.......
When was the last time you saw an American of any color in construction?......
Waiting for a job in robotics? :)
in ‘97, i was taking classes to learn Office Suite. knew nothing really about PCs.
some beat up fellow cab driver said “dont bother, computers will do everything on their own, even typing wont be needed”
19 years ago. Made lots of money in those 19 years.
There’s always a career to go into.
you’re right .
and STILL at the investment banks i worked out voice typing is worthless with 50 people in pods cluttered together and so many words incorrectly inserted, etc.
was in AC a few weeks ago, machine broke with money in it.
took an HOUR for programmer to get it working. i saw all the code
Things will always break down, let’s hope not driverless cars though.
Alison has a way with words and gets right to the point. Maybe she can give Trump some public speaking pointers.
Now THAT is a robot. Hubba Hubba!
Thousands of unemployed engineers in Houston due to the depressed price of crude oil.
Thousands of unemployed engineers in Houston due to the depressed price of crude oil.
Send them off to Carousel and rebirth!
Good thing we have millions of unskilled illegal aliens here that’ll be on welfare forever if these jobs go away.
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