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Can robots teach? Do they have classroom management skills? I think my job is safe from robots for now.

Yes, unless they start making robots that procrastinate

As long as they don't invent a robot that spits in your food..



Jk.
No.

Originally Posted by sarcastor

I'm a male hooker. So no :(

Gigolo Joe - What do you oh somebody already did that.

Originally Posted by jb1234

Classical pianist. ... I suppose it *could* happen but I doubt robots will ever have the ability to interpret music with the natural ease and spontaneity of a human.

hey i've seen a cat playing the piano on youtube buddy, don't worry about robots.
I work in a mailroom so......yeah i'm pretty sure it can. but can they program them to be surly and flirty? I think not.

I'd love to see robot journalists, if only to hear Rush Limbaugh and his ilk complain about the "liberally programmed" news.

When machines can write autobiographies we won't need tech writers or editors.

I work in logistics, so hopefully robots will be my bitches.

I'm in college still, but for a MechE degree. Theoretically "designing new robots" and "servicing existing robots" should survive for a while so those are some good potential career paths.

Yes, but such robots won't exist in my time anyway.

Originally Posted by Dartastic

We really need to figure out how to some equitable balance of income distribution now, because if there's not some shit is REALLY gonna hit the fan in the next 20 years.

I'm waiting for computer AI to replace high-end jobs like politicians, lawyers, doctors. We all know it's going to happen, and it will be hilarious.

Originally Posted by marvelharvey

I'm currently a creative director at a games company, which I think is safe for the foreseeable future. But who knows? Maybe they'll be an automated process where one person fills in a webform:

Single player: true
Multiplayer: false
Coop: true
Visceral: true
Cinematic: true
Oscar worthy script: false
Micro transactions: true
Ingredients: Cod4 (32%), Bayonetta (27%), Civ 5 (19%), Scrabble (12%), Mirrors Edge (8%), Final Fight (5%), Mario Kart (2%), Kiss Chase (1%), random game (1%).

Presses the 'generate game design' button, waits a few seconds and out pops a design document.


Yes, there are robot bums in Futurama's year 3000, our most accurate prediction of the future.

you know your marketing department thinks this is already how it works, right?

Originally Posted by evil solrac v3.0

hey i've seen a cat playing the piano on youtube buddy, don't worry about robots.

When a cat can play Rachmaninoff convincingly, then I'll worry. ;)

Originally Posted by marvelharvey

Maybe they'll be an automated process where one person fills in a webform:

Single player: true
Multiplayer: false
Coop: true
Visceral: true
Cinematic: true
Oscar worthy script: false
Micro transactions: true
Ingredients: Cod4 (32%), Bayonetta (27%), Civ 5 (19%), Scrabble (12%), Mirrors Edge (8%), Final Fight (5%), Mario Kart (2%), Kiss Chase (1%), random game (1%).

Presses the 'generate game design' button, waits a few seconds and out pops a design document.

If someone told me that this is the method to create most games nowadays, I would believe him. :P

I'm a media designer.
My job can't be replaced by a robot, because of creativity!

I'm a nurse and i feel like it will be a while before a robot is capable of doing my job, i doubt it's something i will have to worry about in my career. I think the bigger concern is what happens as more and more jobs get lost. It basically puts more pressure and competition on the remaining jobs that can't be done by robots. Though those of us already entrenched and experienced are probably in a good spot.

Originally Posted by Bjoern the Smexy

My job can't be replaced by a robot, because of creativity!

I got bad news for you
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/...rs-be-creative

Originally Posted by GCX

Here's a study by Oxford University where you can check the probability of whether robots will take over your job:

http://www.futuretech.ox.ac.uk/sites...ng_Paper_1.pdf

computer programmer: 48% probability might be ok...

I'm currently studying mechatronics engineering (graduating next year)... So probably not, since I'll be designing them :P

Oh crap. 94%. Accountants and Auditors.

Engineers keep on winning.

Probably. Teachers could be replaced by robots if we standardized things more but you would still need some human being in the room in case Skynet takes over so I think teachers will still be needed in some capacity.

Well I don't have a job yet, but I want to get into building power stations, so probably not.

As much as greenies are pushing for total renewable energy, any relastic scenario shows that conventional power stations will still needed, they just have to become more flexible and emit less harmful substances (technologies exist but they are not ready for large scale implementation). So there'll still be plenty of work (I hope).

Originally Posted by Veins

Engineers keep on winning.

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Originally Posted by jb1234

Classical pianist. ... I suppose it *could* happen but I doubt robots will ever have the ability to interpret music with the natural ease and spontaneity of a human.

I await our future of robot musicians and pop stars, haha. :P

Really jealous of your job. I'd kill to work in a music related job.

I'm a designer... I expect my job to be obsolete in 30 years.

But I hope that I can make a good case for not having robot designers... i.e. design is a fun job that is fufilling for people, and everyone should be able to do it - and that robots design too quickly anyway and would leave us spoilt for choice, and in a sense isolated from each other by way of common experiences (if everyone has robot designers doing their bidding - or if there are too many options, then everyone will customize their environment to their exact specifications, which will lose the sense of shared experiences we possess via things in our environment).

No. :( Medical.

Originally Posted by TCRS

As much as greenies are pushing for total renewable energy, any relastic scenario shows that conventional power stations will still needed

Do any of these realistic scenarios involve economic mass scale battery storage solutions? If not, then it seems to me that a fairly critical factor of those scenario analysis are missing.

It's kinda like saying - any realistic scenario (assuming for no advancement in green tech) shows that convention power stations will still be needed (as long as they advance that tech sufficiently enough to counteract or at least significantly reduce its externalities).

Yes, I deal with the customers...what the hell is wrong with you people?

Millwright... I suspect my job will be around for a long long time.

My job consists of Doing preventive maintenance, repairs, replacement, upgrades and Emergency repairs of pumps, motors turbines, compressors, valves, pipes.

Basically keep a oil refinery running at all costs, so the day a robot can climb up a wall, squeeze and contortion its body between pipes racks with a welding rod in one hand putting on a patch on a pipe, then uses a n old sneaker as a coupling to get a pump running again and can fabricate an orifice for a vacuum pump out of a washer and the tin foil in a cigarette pack. Then I`ll be out of a job.

Yep, Robotics manufacturer. They can't build themselves, right? Right?

Originally Posted by Zaptruder

Do any of these realistic scenarios involve economic mass scale battery storage solutions? If not, then it seems to me that a fairly critical factor of those scenario analysis are missing.

It's kinda like saying - any realistic scenario (assuming for no advancement in green tech) shows that convention power stations will still be needed (as long as they advance that tech sufficiently enough to counteract or at least significantly reduce its externalities).

No, because mass battery storage is not seen as a realistic option(too expensive, low energy density). The only realistic option for large scale renewable energy storage (we're talking about TWhs) is power to gas. But that technology is also not ready and won't be for some time.

And yes, those scenarios do include an advancement in green tech and a large scale expansion of renewable energy. I should have said within the next 37 years, because those scenarios go up to 2050. That sould also be my working life :)

edit: I'm talking about Germany btw.

yes, coding.

I'm a programmer, so yes.

Originally Posted by TCRS

No, because mass battery storage is not seen as a realistic option(too expensive, low energy density). The only realistic option for large scale renewable energy storage (we're talking about TWhs) is power to gas. But that technology is also not ready and won't be for some time.

And yes, those scenarios do include an advancement in green tech and a large scale expansion of renewable energy. I should have said within the next 37 years, because those scenarios go up to 2050. That sould also be my working life :)

edit: I'm talking about Germany btw.

There are plenty of interesting and smart projects for storing renewable energy, it's just that the government (and companies) has deliberately refused to support those. No money for that, gotta throw the money at whoever bribes the most.

We could've had those projects (and tests/test facilities) running for years.

Originally Posted by TCRS

No, because mass battery storage is not seen as a realistic option(too expensive, low energy density). The only realistic option for large scale renewable energy storage (we're talking about TWhs) is power to gas. But that technology is also not ready and won't be for some time.

And yes, those scenarios do include an advancement in green tech and a large scale expansion of renewable energy. I should have said within the next 37 years, because those scenarios go up to 2050. That sould also be my working life :)

edit: I'm talking about Germany btw.

Are you familiar with Donald sadoway's company liquid metal battery corporation. That's the mass scale battery technology I'm talking about.

Originally Posted by BigDug13

I think education will be safe for awhile.

As schools become overcrowded and overwhelmed with lack of resources, what is stopping online self-directed learning from becoming the norm in the next 15 years?

Originally Posted by jimi_dini

At some point in the future, which could be in 500 or 1000 or maybe even 2000 years? Sure. But why should I care. I won't be alive at that point.

this seems short-sighted, think of where we were 500 years ago, let alone 1000-2000.

Manufacturing / ITS Engineer.

So, probably not. Although a lot of the crew in the shop floor will be replace soon enough.

IT support, so I'm safe. You'll always need someone to turn the robots on and off.

I make maps. I think there will always be a need for a local guy to record and maintain sensors and do analysis and make maps. Or at least there will be a need for as long as I care to do this.

I'm a programmer. I am helping getting you replaced, if anything.

Originally Posted by Scullibundo

Well? Is Google going to be putting you out of a job in 2029?

As long as there is oil and gas I'll have a job. So can't see me being out of a job before I reach retirement age.

I do help desk. Not unless the robots get smart enough to talk stupid people through how to print on the phone.

I'm a translator. Despite all the predictions to the contrary, I firmly believe the bulk of translation work, even basic things, will never be done to an acceptable standard by computers.

Software engineering. I'm fine.

Originally Posted by Cyan

Everyone saying yes--put your hand down, fool.

Gaf mods and admins can be replaced by AIs

I kinda assume Bish is already a robot