The Boy Who Cried Robot: A World Without Work

[Monoriu]

His statement is correct however as a matter of empirical experience with automation over the last 200 years.

That doesn't mean that it will continue to be correct in perpetuity, nor that it's even a good thing if it is correct.  Is endless demand creation the best long-term strategy for humanity?

Of course it is.

[Richard Hakluyt]

A recent OECD report reckons that there has been a  recent overestimation of job automatibility :

http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/the-risk-of-automation-for-jobs-in-oecd-countries_5jlz9h56dvq7-en;jsessionid=1sfp8neiosnd4.x-oecd-live-03

[Admiral Yi]

Should we lament the fact that telemarketers are being rendered obsolete by interactive recordings?

[Valmy]

Should we lament the fact that telemarketers are being rendered obsolete by interactive recordings?

Caller ID already did that

[jimmy olsen]

Construction workers are doomed to become obsolete 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/worlds-first-fully-functional-office-8129129#comments-section

World's first fully functional office constructed using huge 3D printer is 'just the beginning'

09:13, 7 JUN 2016 UPDATED 09:14, 7 JUN 2016 BY KARA O'NEILL

The building is part of Dubai's strategy to turn the city centre into a completely 3D printed space by 2030

A chic office building has been opened in Dubai - and is the first to be constructed entirely with a 3D printer.

The one storey building is spread over an area of 250 square metres and opened in the United Arab Emirates city on May 24.

Constructed by Chinese company Yingchuang Technology Co. Limited, the building had to pass stability tests both in the United Kingdom and China.

It was made by placing layers of cement in a 3D printer measuring a whopping six metres in height and 32 metres in length.

The office's interior was also printed in the same way.

The entire project took just 17 days to complete and cost $140,000 (£96,423).

It is believed that the building will function as an exhibition and seminar space as it is located next to the Emirates Towers.

Dubai aims to make the city into a centre filled with 3D printing technologies before 2030, of which this building is one of the first steps.

Mohammed Al Gergawi, the Minister of Cabinet Affairs of the Federal Government of the UAE, told China Daily: "It is not just a building, but also has functional offices and people working in it.

"We believe it is just the beginning. The world will change."

He said that 3D printing is estimated to cut construction time by 50 - 70% and labour costs by 50 - 80%.

[Tonitrus]

Construction workers are doomed to become obselte.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/worlds-first-fully-functional-office-8129129#comments-section

Maybe they can become english teachers who teach how to spell properly. 

[celedhring]

Should we lament the fact that telemarketers are being rendered obsolete by interactive recordings?

Are these as effective as a proper marketer though? I find myself having an easier time hanging up on a machine than on a person. I feel rude.

[Admiral Yi]

Are these as effective as a proper marketer though? I find myself having an easier time hanging up on a machine than on a person. I feel rude.

Speaking only for myself, their success rates are identical.

[celedhring]

Are these as effective as a proper marketer though? I find myself having an easier time hanging up on a machine than on a person. I feel rude.

Speaking only for myself, their success rates are identical.

I could say the same, I guess. But at least I let the humans speak, so I think they're missing on potential customers by switching to machines.

[Monoriu]

Should we lament the fact that telemarketers are being rendered obsolete by interactive recordings?

Are these as effective as a proper marketer though? I find myself having an easier time hanging up on a machine than on a person. I feel rude.

I don't.  I hang up on marketers all the time with zero hesitation. 

[Berkut]

I think it is rude to NOT hang up on them.

[garbon]

Telemarketers never call me and I have a landline.

[Jacob]

Telemarketers never call me and I have a landline.

In the UK?

[garbon]

Telemarketers never call me and I have a landline.

In the UK?

Indeed. Also though they never really called me in SF either. Only ever have called me at my desk at work (both in NYC and London).

[Monoriu]

Telemarketers never call me and I have a landline.

They don't call landlines anymore, at least in Hong Kong.  They call mobiles only. 

It is easy to tell if it is a telemarketer.  First of all, they use some kind of machine to make mass calls.  You pick up the phone, say hello, and if the other party takes 4-5 seconds to give any response, it is a telemarketer.  They make lots of calls at the same time, so it takes more time to react.  Secondly, by law in Hong Kong, they need to declare within the first sentence the name of the company they represent.  My experience is that they are all banks and loan sharks, trying to persuade me to take up loans.