Technological advancement is killing jobs in UK

[uncommon]

is there a difference in the way society uses technology now as opposed to the industrial revolution that causes a downtrend in jobs?

could the culture of quick easy pleasures gear the economy to filter out more sophisticated ventures that have produced jobs traditionally?

 

[BrotherClaudio]

Let's cry for the bank employees

 

[ShoelessRye]

My family doc hates his job. We were talking about this recently and he says now with computers and the like people come in self-diagnosed and he says they're right 80% of the time. He's a glorified pill pusher - just need him for the prescription. If you are not a specialist, you're not respected anymore - your expertise is considered almost "general knowledge" easily replaced with computer search of your symptoms.

Everybody is replaceable with automation and/or AI. I used to think I'd be dead before shit really hit the fan, but it's advancing exponentially that even 10 years time frame is scary now.

White collar workers looked down on the blue collar being automated out of existence and say it as good business.

First they came for me, but I said nothing because I wasn't blue collar...

 

[FIMN]

is there a difference in the way society uses technology now as opposed to the industrial revolution that causes a downtrend in jobs?

could the culture of quick easy pleasures gear the economy to filter out more sophisticated ventures that have produced jobs traditionally?

In answer to your second question I am not sure exactly what you mean?

 

[FIMN]

My family doc hates his job. We were talking about this recently and he says now with computers and the like people come in self-diagnosed and he says they're right 80% of the time. He's a glorified pill pusher - just need him for the prescription. If you are not a specialist, you're not respected anymore - your expertise is considered almost "general knowledge" easily replaced with computer search of your symptoms.

Everybody is replaceable with automation and/or AI. I used to think I'd be dead before shit really hit the fan, but it's advancing exponentially that even 10 years time frame is scary now.

White collar workers looked down on the blue collar being automated out of existence and say it as good business.

First they came for me, but I said nothing because I wasn't blue collar...

We as a society need a radical rethink about the nature of work, the value of labour and the distribution of resources.

When you think about it, being dramatically more productive while working less should be wholly positive - and it can be, provided we prepare adequately and drop the idea of everyone having 40-60 hour work weeks.

 

[Scheme]

This is one of the scary parts of the future. The only jobs available will be fixing or programming these automated machines.
Teaching my son programming and mechanics.

Programming is affected by automation as well. Testers are being phased out by automated testing. Also, all these frameworks that are popping up are making a programmer's job so easy that you no longer need a team of people to make something like a website. Like two decades ago, creating and maintaining a website would require a team of 4-5 programmers, nowadays it can easily be done by 1-2.

 

[JonesBones]

This isn't a recent development. Look at what happened with IT retail about a decade ago and what is happening to department stores currently.
The model has changed. You have to be able to operate a bricks-and-mortar store which is competitive with online pricing while also doing online sales, or you're going to disappear.

Once exception to this rule. Ollies discount. They are the ones who clean up from all these retailers go out of business. It is their bread and butter. They are bottom feeders. They can't sell their products online because it is illegal to sell products that cheap online because of the manufacturer or something. Retail is dying and Ollies is on fire. Expanding and stock price has been on fire this year. Retail's pain is their gain.

Here is a video showing their business model:

https://finance.yahoo.com/video/cramer-bulls-ollies-bargain-outlet-235700531.html

 

[ultramanhyata]

It's just the way it is. Healthcare jobs won't be safe from automation/offshoring either.

I recently talked to a vet who spent time this year in the VA hospital. He said they actually have these nurse droids that roll through the hallways and in and out of rooms. Patients can talk to them and they perform various tasks. I am not joking.

 

[JonesBones]

even tech guys like Musk and Zuckerberg support a universal basic income because of the future of robotics and AI.

 

[cincymma79]

My family doc hates his job. We were talking about this recently and he says now with computers and the like people come in self-diagnosed and he says they're right 80% of the time. He's a glorified pill pusher - just need him for the prescription. If you are not a specialist, you're not respected anymore - your expertise is considered almost "general knowledge" easily replaced with computer search of your symptoms.

Everybody is replaceable with automation and/or AI. I used to think I'd be dead before shit really hit the fan, but it's advancing exponentially that even 10 years time frame is scary now.

White collar workers looked down on the blue collar being automated out of existence and say it as good business.

First they came for me, but I said nothing because I wasn't blue collar...

People are fucking stupid. Your doc must have the smartest patients I’ve ever seen. All my patients were barely functioning human beings. Then again if I’m seeing you in the er more than once you’ve probably got some issues to work out

 

[MicroBrew]

Amazon and similar online retailers will end some brick-n-mortar business. The ones left standing are those that do not lend themselves to online shopping.

Technology has been killing..and creating jobs since the industrial revolution.

 

[Squarechoke]

We're employing more people today than we did before the industrial revolution, which people then thought would kill jobs because machines replaced so many of the existing jobs. The kind of jobs we have change, the time we spend at our jobs changes, and since our consumption changes as well we keep improving rather than declining. Better living standards both socially and economically.

 

[MikeMcMann]

This is one of the scary parts of the future. The only jobs available will be fixing or programming these automated machines.
Teaching my son programming and mechanics.

not safe as AI can do that job better.