The minimum wage will kill a hell of a lot more jobs.
Skynet may already be self aware, but it wont push the button until it has it’s own AI repair technicians.
I think this is a tough issue.
There are people (quite a few, actually) with IQs below 80. In the past, they had no trouble working as field hands, ditch diggers, or even in factories.
But as time goes on, in the modern world, there is just not that much work that needs to be done by people who are not bright. I can’t possibly quantify the “useful IQ level” right now, but in 20 years, it will be higher. In 20 years more, it will be higher still.
At some point, there may be “plenty of jobs” for humans who can repair robots. But if you need an IQ of 115 to do that job, then there WILL be a lot of people who cannot contribute to society.
It’s not just a question of “is there work?” it is also a question of “can you do the work that is needed?”
I do not have an optimistic view of this.
The USA can either stand around talking about it until China-India implement Robotics or they can do it now.
The jobs it will create for Robotics programming-design and maintenance will be higher paying and better future than any job the robots will replace.
The wafer handlers in modern day fabs are 100% robotic and zero chance of dropping 10M worth of potential chips.
Also very cool to watch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU
“Humans need not apply”
And this links you to tons of videos on the subject.
In the past it’s always created more jobs. I don’t think it’s going to be different this time.