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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
honestly, the "tech replacement" you two are arguing about was done by about 1995. Seb, what more is coming?
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The question is, what isn't?
Amazon's warehouses are moving toward full automation
Self-driving trucks
Robot surgery
Robot/algorithm tele-medicine (diagnostic)
Gig economy replacing almost any service provided by an employee with an independent contractor paid a fraction of what employee made
Algorithms eliminating traders and financial modelers/analysts
Direct online purchasing eliminating insurance agents and real estate agents
Automated kiosks eliminating every type of clerk that exists (bank, grocery, fast food, retail, etc.)
I don't know the significance of 1996, but tech is just getting started in terms of replacement or elimination of work that paid living wages.
