Until those computers can physically repair themselves, the probability for me is %0.
And they look mighty fine to me!
Not mine. I work on process control software. I’m the one putting people out of work.
After loading the app, a user attaches a short, conical viewfinder (about $2 now, although Raskar thinks that will soon drop to 50 cents) to the screen of their high-resolution cell phones and peers in. A series of patterns appear. The user aligns the patterns by pushing buttons on the phone. The more button is pushed, the worse a person's eyesight....
The app repeats this process four times, one for each axis of the eye. During the process the app also measures other abnormalities, such as astigmatism. Once all the patterns have been lined up, the app spits out a person's eyeglass prescription."
Why would anyone lament a return to the "Golden Age?"
On the contrary, wouldn't that be something to extoll, to tout, or to celebrate?
Regards,
I know how to deal with these job stealing computers.
Less than ten years ago, in the chapter “Why People Still Matter”, Levy and Murnane (2004) pointed at the difficulties of replicating human perception, asserting that driving in traffic is insusceptible to automation: “But executing a left turn against oncoming traffic involves so many factors that it is hard to imagine discovering the set of rules that can replicate a driver’s behaviour [. . . ]”. Six years later, in October 2010, Google announced that it had modified several Toyota Priuses to be fully autonomous (Brynjolfsson and McAfee, 2011).
My job is fixing broken computers: broken hardware, operating systems, and software. I feel pretty secure.
I enjoy reading Zero Hedge sometimes, but they have to be the most pessimistic, gloomiest people on earth. They have been predicting a complete collapse of everything for at least a few years now.
Whether we like it or not, change will not stop. In the past, new technology has made life better and created new jobs to replace the old. There is always some bad with the good, but the only thing we can do is prepare for the future as best we can. Life is a messy business. Anyone who thinks they will find some quiet peaceful existence in this life has been watching too many TV commercials.
I work in a Help Desk supporting computers and the company software. A variety of things to do. Been at it since 1998. This is the 2nd company I worked at since and so far it has lasted just over 10 years. The first one outsourced to India and have now lost 4/5th’s of their customers. The company I worked at now gave me a $11k salary increase to start. I really hope no one in India ends up doing my job.....
dayum computers are a curse in practicing law
Myth. Ignores the reality of price competition.
When productivity reduces costs, most of the money saved goes into reduced prices, cut back in order to maintain market share against other companies doing the same.
IOW, the main driver of layoffs due to productivity is not greed for increased profits, it's desperation of those trying to stay in business.
You may note the hugely increased profits as people are laid off. < / s
Nope, but there’s a chance I’ll be QAing the software that replaces you.