What you are about to see is a sobering look into the future of the job market for all mankind, and if you think you had job security now, you might feel a little unsure in roughly 15 minutes. In his latest video, CGP Grey introduces us to the new face of the modern workforce: the robotic worker.
While robots have been around for over 60 years in one capacity or another, we have seen a major shift in technology in the past decade that has brought robots to the forefront of our everyday lives without us even thinking about it. Just think, how many cashiers are human when you take that weekly trip to the grocery store? What about the workforce in warehouses that allow your favorite internet company to gather and ship your items as fast as possible? What about the mass production of the automotive industry? Robots, it's all about robots.
But those blue-collar jobs are not where the robots stop. Soon we will see robots in every capacity of our lives from the local coffee barista, to self-driving cars next to us on the highway, to even doctors. Yes, your doctor might soon be replaced by a robot if technology continues the pace it's on.
A robot offers precision, error-free work at 100th of the cost of a human. Sure, in some cases the human might be quicker, but the robot will always be cheaper to employee. Remember, the robot doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be better than the human.
This is some pretty scary stuff when you think about it.
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