Scared robots will take your job? Just get a new one, says this CEO

CNBC ^ | July 14, 2017 | Hollie Wong and Uptin Saiidi

[2ndDivisionVet]

The race to create A.I. and robotic technology that will change the way we work and live is dominating countless industries.

But the chaos and disruption these ground-breaking fields are set to have on numerous areas of the economy, the job market, the banking system and the transportation industry have also incited fear.

Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma has previously warned that society could see decades of "pain" thanks to new technologies.

While Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that humans need to merge with machines to become a sort of cyborg if we want to stay relevant.

But forgetting wild predictions for the future, one chief executive believes he has the answer to one of the biggest tech questions of today: Will a robot take my job?

Speaking to CNBC in an episode of Life Hacks Live, VaynerMedia CEO and social media guru Gary Vaynerchuk said those working in potentially replaceable jobs need to start learning a new trade for the digital world.

"Robots taking over jobs are an issue for people that do jobs that robots are going to take over," said Vaynerchuk.

"People have lost their jobs forever. Jobs are always lost."

The CEO added that he didn't "feel bad" for the likes of truck drivers who aren't taking important steps to adapt.....

[Garth Tater]

And yes, there will always be more unskilled jobs available, so long as government does not prohibit low paying jobs.

I think you have identified the nub of the problem. Now, can you propose a solution that does not involve taxing productive men and women ad finitum to support a constantly growing non-working class?

[Trentamj]

What’s all this nonsense about “Scared robots”? How ridiculous is this? Robots are just human-shaped machines, they can’t feel, or be “scared” of anything! This so stupid! (Latest headline is: “Out-of-Context Man Strikes Again!”)

[Garth Tater]

The robots aren’t going, they’re coming, and if that’s your line of work you better change your line of work, because you can’t win this fight

If a system is going to be put in place that has no room for the majority of us then that system will not be allowed to survive.

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another...

A man has a right to make a living and provide for his family. As it stands now we have one half of our productive labor being taxed away from us while more and more of us are being forced out of a productive lifestyle by govt regulations and mandates that, if left to continue, will result in a few wealthy individuals owning all of the allowed productive tools while the rest of us suffer and starve and live only with their permission. All I'm saying is that that ain't gonna happen. And if it comes to a fight I know which side I will be on. Not planning on losing it either.

[Nifster]

Erma Gawd.

Don’t know how old you are but you show obvious ignorance of how Microsoft came anout

And for the record I lived through it

[Nifster]

That is from the declaration

The constitution governs us

You can live but you do not have a right to a job. That is a Marxist notion

[Nifster]

Nice spin

Sorry Laz

Bill came to Jobs and Wozniak with a couple of folks he had developing that useless pos for him known as DOS. He tried to sell them on the idea.

He may have come along layer but he ain’t got the chops

[9YearLurker]

What about ‘em?

[Drew68]

You can live but you do not have a right to a job. That is a Marxist notion

The USSR promised a job for everyone and today if you go to the restroom in the train station in Kiev, you'll find three women working; the first sells you a ticket admitting you to the restroom. The second woman sells you about 6" of toilet paper. The third woman is standing around holding a mop.

Do we really need public restrooms staffed by three paid employees? You can find examples of these absurdities all over the former Soviet Union, highlighting reasons why Marxism failed.

[9YearLurker]

Just how many jobs do you expect there to be with a 50% tax on capital?

Capital is what has lifted all workers above 17th century subsistence wages and lifestyles.

[Nifster]

Exactly

Just look at D.C. and the ridiculous number of govt employees that keep festering on that fetid swamp

[Garth Tater]

The Declaration of Independence is our nation's founding document. It clearly states some of the rights we claim and demand to be respected. The Constitution is the current law of the land. It can and will be changed if it is necessary for our survival to do so.

You can live but you do not have a right to a job. That is a Marxist notion

Would you mind showing me where I said I have a right to a job?

What I am saying is that we have a right to live in a system that does not, on the one hand, unfairly remove our right to support ourselves while with the other hand doing all it can to support the wealthy and the mega-corporations. If the system has no room for us within it then we will set up a system that does. Marxist? phttt. Go find an insult that actually fits the argument I'm making. I'll wait here.

[Nifster]

Erma Gawd

Is that what they taught you in school?

Perhaps you need to study some more. The declaration lays out the reasons why we revolted from the king

The constitution is our governing document

[CodeToad]

“And for the record I lived through it”

You might have been alive then but you didn’t live it, otherwise you wouldn’t have made such an ignorant comment that Bill Gates is not a programmer.

[Nifster]

First sentence in your post at #5

[Nifster]

You were not there hot shot

[Garth Tater]

Just how many jobs do you expect there to be with a 50% tax on capital?

And just how many jobs do you expect there to be with a 50% tax on labor?

Capital is what has lifted all workers above 17th century subsistence wages and lifestyles.

Capital is one of the things that has lifted our standard of living. It is not the thing that has lifted our standard of labor.

And while we are on the subject of capital, can you tell me why my capital is being eaten away with a 0.1% interest rate in govt protected banks while a 3% inflation rate is forced upon us by these same banks and their magic money-from-nothing monetary system?

[CodeToad]

“He may have come along layer but he ain’t got the chops”

You must be a youngster to not know the history of Gates and make false claims about it.

[CodeToad]

“You were not there hot shot”

Actually, I was. You weren’t. Couldn’t have been to make such claims as you do.

[Garth Tater]

This one? A man's got a right to make a living.

I fail to see the word job in there. Do you know what the difference between making a living and having a job is?

[discostu]

You’re spitting in the wind. There will still be room for you, but you need to take responsibility to get marketable skills. Just like now. It’s your life, make yourself useful or don’t, just don’t go thinking it’s somebody else’s fault when it turns out everything you can do can be automated cheaper. It ain’t going to come to a fight, and if it does, you’ll lose, just like the last round of Luddites who couldn’t be bothered to update their skill set.