The Job Market of 2045
Robots Destroy Jobs
IEEE Spectrum
Steven Cherry | IEEE Spectrum’s “Techwise Conversations
Automation has displaced a lot of workers in the last 50 years;
And it’s set to displace a lot more of them—taxicab and truck drivers, once vehicles drive themselves; much of what remains of manufacturing and assembly work and maybe even a lot of construction labor; fewer lawyers and doctors, once Watson-like software is perfected; teaching, except for the few people making the videos that everyone else learns from.
Will we even need waitresses, or just people to bring out the food that we’ve ordered ourselves, once iPads replace menus?
The endgame here is the so-called singularity—the point at which technological development, spurred by Moore’s Law and another generation or two of software and robotics development, is so sophisticated that humans have become irrelevant.
Q: What do you think are some of the most vulnerable professions between now and 2045?
A: Moshe Vardi: Well, I think it’s interesting that you mentioned waiting on tables, because just yesterday I saw an article with some videos from restaurants, where robots are now delivering the food. So this is already happening ...
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