^ 100%
@roethlisburger i think we need to envision robots in many more situations than factory floors and virtual jobs. That is the point, the ability to think ahead of what’s already happening.
It won’t.
@OHMomof2 Agreed. DH heads up back office processing for lending at a bank and they’ve recently been automating much of the necessary documentation. It hasn’t led to an elimination of jobs, rather it’s allowed the existing employees to take on different responsibilities as well as speed up processing time frames. They’ve improved efficiency. I suppose it is conceivable that it will eventually lead to the need for fewer bodies but so far the addition of automation has led to new business streams which opens other employment opportunities for those who can adjust. The big challenge is with many of the lower level older workers who have been doing the exact same job the exact same way for many many years. They tend to be resistant to procedural changes.
And my kid, mid 20s, spends too much time cleaning up after other young employees. It’s not just the older folks who can jam the works.
Most of us understand the Peter Principle. Imo, more flexible thinking (needed) isn’t as simple as pointng fingers at older or tech vs less techy. Each of us has responsibilities to our work, for our employers, throughout our working years.
Funny now we’re morphing into older vs. younger. Have some friends (older - late 50s) that are Senior IT people for their companies. They repeatedly tell me that the young folks they hire with CS degrees are smart, great coders…but they’ve grown up using many tools that eliminated the need to really learn the Why? and How? (I think of it like using a financial calculator to figure out present value, future value, etc vs. really understanding how it all works and being able to do it in your head or long hand.) They keep on telling my they fix problems but they don’t solve problems and when questioned on the work, they rely on the tools a bit too much vs. really understanding the processes.
I’m sure it varies all over the place. I’m assuming (and hoping) young pilots still know how to actually fly the planes vs. following all the computer codes…