Originally Posted by Rochard

I have a friend of mine who went through a difficult time during the recession, and a few years ago got a job as a long distance truck driver. He was away from his family a lot, but he really enjoys what he does and makes a ton of money. He also moved from California to Texas, so his cost of living is down. He is happy as a clam. I worry about him and his job security now.

We've seen this before with technology. They said computers were going to take over all of our jobs. Instead, computers enabled us to do our jobs much better. At the same time it created entire new industries for employees.

Some jobs will be replaced - such as cab drivers and truck drivers. Even making sandwiches and fast food employees. But some jobs will never be able to replaced. But some jobs will I doubt will ever be able to be replaced. I find it hard to believe that a robot will be able to look at my car, figure out what is wrong, and fix it automatically. Same with computers. I don't see a robot coming to my house and diagnosing my air conditioning, and then being able to climb up into the attic to fix it.

I might be wrong. Cars can always diagnose themselves, and perhaps in the future we can make cars that will be much more compatible for robots to work on. Perhaps we can make air conditioning units that can diagnose themselves and make them in a way so that robots can automatically fix them for us.

Imagine building a robot that can come into your house, remove your dishwasher, and replace it with a new one automatically. Some day we will get there... But I don't think it will be during our lifetime. Maybe our kid's lifetime.