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am_Unition · 3526 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ask Hubski: What would you do with your free time if you didn't have to work?
You raise a valid point. The Industrial Revolution certainly didn't kill any large-scall economies, after all. I think there absolutely WILL be a significant reduction of jobs, even for automated vehicles alone. And yeah, some displaced workers will go into technician roles to support our new robot overlords, but I'm having trouble imagining new job creation on the scale of several million, in the U.S. alone. I wouldn't say automation can only displace workers, but I anticipate a net reduction of jobs, especially in the minimum wage and unskilled labor market. Do you not believe there will be a net reduction? And if you see millions of new jobs on the horizon, what are they?