Jobs and businesses that will disappear or be significantly
reduced in the near future due to automation.
Assembly plant work. Robots already do all the lifting, moving and tightening up that
is needed in a factory so no assembly workers will be needed, but computer and robot
technicians in a proportion of 1 to 20 or less.
In car plants even fewer workers will be needed as electric cars have close to 2000 fewer parts
than internal combustion cars.
Repair Shops, Car Mechanics, Parts Dealerships and Sales Personel will not be needed either
for the same reasons.
Gas stations and Attendants.
Car and Truck Drivers. With autonomous driving cars there is no need for Taxi or Uber car drivers,
but the first to go will be truck drivers. With automated driving trucks will stay on the road 24 hours
a day as computers do not need to sleep or take bathroom breaks. That also means that fewer trucks
will be needed.
Traffic Cops, Ambulance Chasing Lawyers and Insurance Sales Persons will not be needed either
as all cars and trucks will drive within the road regulations and more safely.
Emergency Clinic and Trauma Center Doctors and Nurses as well as Ambulance Operators
and First Aid Rescuers will not be needed either as there will be no traffic accidents.
Bank Managers of all kinds will go the way that bank tellers did with the arrival of the ATMs in the
80s and 90s as all management decisions like account opening authorizations and credit approvals
will be taken by the computers that already have all the information that is required.
Agricultural workers. Specialized robots can work the fields cheaper and more efficiently than
even undocumented workers. Robots, working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week can pick tomatoes,
onions, garlic and fruits and do the cleaning and packing without asking for a salary or living quarters.
Electrical Lines and Maintenance Workers. With almost all electricity generated at home or close
to home there is no need for high power or distribution lines or maintenance personnel.
Tanker Trains and Gas Trucks. For the same reasons mentioned above, there will be no need to
transport oil from one part of the country to another nor the refined product.
Baseball Home Plate Umpires. They call ball and strikes and miss the call 12 % of the time. Laser
framing can do the job without making mistakes.
Soldiers. Wars will continue but nobody needs to die if the combatants are robots.
All of this jobs and businesses will go the way that ironing ladies, secretaries, telephone operators,
accountants, oxen and mules went before them. By 2070 only 20 % of the potential work force will
have jobs. 80% of the world´s food will be produced in Siberia.
So if you want to witness all or part of this, stay healthy my friend.
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