(12-04-2017, 03:21 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(12-03-2017, 09:38 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: I have no idea. IT was just an example. What do you call a "significant percentage"? There are plenty of trades like plumbing, electricians, HVAC, sanitation, welding that the majority of people have the mental capacity to learn.

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I agree 100%. Trump was trying to toughen up visa renewals last time I checked, but not sure what became of that.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/25/technolo...index.html

Those trades will mostly be gone in 20 years, automation is much further along than we give it credit for. Robots are making and repairing robots now, it won't be much longer before they move to creation rather than just repetition.

Skynet!! I think it is important to have a plan for workers displaced by robots. Not so much the teenager replaced by a kiosk at McDonald's, but the 50 year old making widgets at a factory. Automation sparks so many conversations including robot tax, and how the federal government will intervene in AI progress to ensure they get their cut. It will be interesting to see where it goes

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