February 11, 2015
Robots won't pose a threat to middle class jobs for at least 100 years, maybe never, says PayPal founder Peter Thiel
Robots may well replace factory workers over the next decade, but they don’t pose a threat to middle class jobs for at least one hundred years, claims billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel
And if you believe that one then I've got another one for you.
"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home." - Ken Olsen, Founder and Former CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
As a side note, I was under the impression that factory workers are part of the middle class and that these middle class workers do feel a bit threatened by tasks robots can already do and how fast they can do them. My bad. I stand corrected. Special thanks to billionaire Peter Thiel for setting me straight on all of this.
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Sarcastic Monday is getting off to a fantastic start! This bodes well for the week ahead! Woohoo!
Do we still have a middle class?
ReplyDeleteAin't no middle class in the workers paradise.
mab,
ReplyDeleteLet them drive S-Class.
Mercedes? Nah. When underwater one must work smarter.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure only people that work for TBTF Financial INNN-STIT-TUUUU-SHUNNNNZZZZZ (Gotta say that with a low voice) are middle-class now.
ReplyDeleteEverybody else is either a peasants or upper-middle class (oh, except for the upper-upper-middle class, of course).
Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteWe need TMCTF (Too Middle Class To Fail), but unfortunately the TMCTF lobby is very short on funding and therefore has very little political clout in DC.
Troy,
ReplyDeleteTextron says, "The unmanned vessels will keep the dull, dirty and dangerous jobs away from our personnel."
Naval Robocop, but have no fear. It will be at least a century before many middle ckass police and firefighting jobs can be done by robots. That's if the predicted robotic stagnation occurs of course.