Could a robot take your job?

[Milo]

Following on from the ‘what will become commonplace in the future’ thread, and loosely related to the discussion of universal basic income...what percentage of FTers have jobs that could feasibly be replaced by robots??

 

Bits of mine have become more automated, but thankfully I still physically need to go into kitchens and carry out inspections...for now!

 

 

[Webbo]

I read something once that said decorators would be replaced by machines very soon. I don't see it myself, the varieties of different things I have to do as part of my job, it doesn't seem feasible to me.

[AyewJoking]

maybe but my company is too tight fisted to buy the robots so i may be ok.

[Innovindil]

Possibly. Would have to be a pretty sophisticated robot though, don't think it's close right now but feasible. 

[Strokes]

11 minutes ago, Milo said:

Following on from the ‘what will become commonplace in the future’ thread, and loosely related to the discussion of universal basic income...what percentage of FTers have jobs that could feasibly be replaced by robots??

 

Bits of mine have become more automated, but thankfully I still physically need to go into kitchens and carry out inspections...for now!

 

 

Yeah, they already do really, if insurance didn’t force companies to have regular manual checks we would be largely redundant. 

[Buce]

 

No.

[Fox92]

I dunno. I'm web developer so I obviously have designs to follow. 

 

I have no doubt a robot could hammer loads of code out but we work to different screen sizes and ever changing client requirements.

Edited 25 January 2018 by Fox92

[Countryfox]

36 minutes ago, Webbo said:

I read something once that said decorators would be replaced by machines very soon. I don't see it myself, the varieties of different things I have to do as part of my job, it doesn't seem feasible to me.

 

GET. OUT. OF. HERE ...    open can ..   stir ...   apply jollop to wall ...   make a cup of tea ...   repeat ..   go home.    

[davieG]

I've had/am having two jobs done for me.

Plumbing and replacing a storm damage flat roof, I can't imagine robots doing that and even if they could it'll be long time before they can make them cheap enough to replace the many one man craft businesses.

[spacemunky]

I think a zombie would be a better replacement for me. 

[Webbo]

27 minutes ago, Countryfox said:

 

GET. OUT. OF. HERE ...    open can ..   stir ...   apply jollop to wall ...   make a cup of tea ...   repeat ..   go home.    

There's a certain skill to making the right cup of tea.

[davieG]

1 minute ago, Webbo said:

There's a certain skill to making the right cup of tea.

[Webbo]

1 minute ago, davieG said:

I used to have that exact model when we first got married. Somebody gave it us who'd had it years and never used it.

[Samilktray]

I think we should all be pretty worried about when the robots finally take over

[davieG]

2 minutes ago, Webbo said:

I used to have that exact model when we first got married. Somebody gave it us who'd had it years and never used it.

We had one given to us as well never really used it and passed it on, can't remember where/who to perhaps you ended up with it.

[Webbo]

2 minutes ago, davieG said:

We had one given to us as well never really used it and passed it on, can't remember where/who to perhaps you ended up with it.

I burned my thumb on it once. Can I give Claims Direct your details?

[Strokes]

15 minutes ago, Webbo said:

There's a certain skill to making the right cup of tea.

I’ll pop round and try regularly, to make sure you are doing it right.

[ScouseFox]

yes 

[Jon the Hat]

No, mainly because I’m in charge of paying for the robots.

[Rogstanley]

I don’t think my job is at risk yet and won’t be for some time, too much of it is bespoke and requires interpretation.

 

But I think the real risk is not going to come from robots that are able to replicate what humans do in their current jobs, but rather from robotics and AI that bring about entirely new ways of achieving the same end result, which will render the human job obsolete. 

 

Either way I think there’s little chance of it causing any serious reduction in employment rates for the next several decades at least. Some jobs will disappear but plenty of new ones will appear to replace them, just has been the case for hundreds of years.

 

Edited 25 January 2018 by Rogstanley

[The Blur]

I'll wager that my job is the one of the most safest.  Robots just cannot replace the amount of human interaction in social work for several decades at least until their AI reach the levels of emotional intelligence in humans .   We also make our decisions based on our assimilation and analysis of various sources of evidence including many which are based on humanistic judgements instead of cold hard raw data.   The day robots are introduced in social work profession will be the day that any last shreds of humanity is exhausted.  

Edited 25 January 2018 by The Blur

[yorkie1999]

Yes, although part of my job is programming them, so it could end up a bit Skynetish.

[VLC86]

My job specifically,  no but they have certainly changed it and mean they need less of ‘me’.

 

Firmly expecting redundancy being possible within 18 months.

[SpacedX]

I am in fact a bot and Foxes Talk is my Turing test bed by which to run my scripts and  perfect artificial intelligence which is indistinguishable from human norms. 

 

I largely avoid the post match threads.

[Tuna]

No, I'm in direct sales so it wouldn't be possible. A robot assistant would be nice though!