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blackbootz  ·  4186 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Sympathy for the Luddites: Krugman endorses minimum income

What will be among some of the last jobs to be replaced by automatons?

I'm trying to combine my natural interests with what I see to be an always in-demand "service" - mental health care. All I need to do is get a proper education through accreditation and/or learning through working and volunteering. For some reason, I think it will take a long time indeed to outsource therapy to a robot.

Any other job or field that will be most resistant to erosion?





user-inactivated  ·  4186 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    For some reason, I think it will take a long time indeed to outsource therapy to a robot.

ELIZA convinced people she was a real psychotherapist.

blackbootz  ·  4186 days ago  ·  link  ·  

True. I meant more complex cognitive brain therapy, with follow-up and an actual human face for interaction. But I concede the point that scarce little is beyond the outsourcing reach of robots and code.