$15 an Hour? Not for Long. Robots will outperform you for less.

[Outlander Systems]

Welcome to the future:

http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/07/robots-steal-jobs/

The author is correct that the remaining productive class will have to bear the burden of supporting the latest new recruits in the FSA.

The government will be able to swoop in to the rescue by either taxing the companies using automation, or by raising the debt ceiling to kick the can down the road while creating more make-work programs.

It shows the economic ignorance of the power base. Politicians are trying to legislate winners instead of allowing the free market to determine the best business model. That never works out well for an economy because it lards the system with unnecessary rules and roadblocks that always have unintended consequences.

[wildcard600]

I was planning to go back to school soon, a robotics tech degree might be in my best interest.

[Outlander Systems]

I was planning to go back to school soon, a robotics tech degree might be in my best interest.

Programming isn't a bad choice either...

[cbx]

I say bring on the robots. I'm tired of dealing with my employees.

I'm not kidding. Between all of the bs, not getting the work done right, just doing the minimum all the effing time. It isn't about money or benefits either. People want to be glamorous and sit in front of an air conditioner all day long.

[Moose-Knuckle]

Two words Grey Goo . . .

[GH41]

Programming isn't a bad choice either...

I would think programming would be a bad choice. Remember how history repeats itself. Back in the seventies and eighties programmers were in high demand. Then the software producers put most of them out of business.

[Outlander Systems]

Touché

Plus we are at the point where the machines are rapidly approaching parity with human programmers.

I would think programming would be a bad choice. Remember how history repeats itself. Back in the seventies and eighties programmers were in high demand. Then the software producers put most of them out of business.

Brother, you ain't kidding...

Two words Grey Goo . . .

[MountainRaven]

Two words Grey Goo . . .

I, for one, welcome our new nano mechanical overlords.

[SilverBullet432]

Meh. I work in IT. Ill fix their robots.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

I was planning to go back to school soon, a robotics tech degree might be in my best interest.

Meh. I work in IT. Ill fix their robots.

Robot Fluffers!!!

I was watching the new season of "True Detective" and one guys says that an E-cig is like sucking on robot cock- which may be a marketable skill.

In all seriousness, I think that it will even more tip the balance between labor and capital in the favor of capital. Own the robots and reap the returns.

Of course, the Progressives will try to divide the robots and claim that the Bro-bots are given the dangerous, lower paying jobs.