Future technology will open up new industries and opportunities, much like it has before.

Let me give you an example.

I work in the mining industry and our site has in the last 18 months gone through a transition to autonomous haulage. So the haul trucks are now completely autonomous, controlled by an algorithm, monitored by humans in a control room 1000kms away.

We have approx 50 trucks on site so at least 50 operators were no longer needed to drive anymore, however what this new technology required was new roles to support it. So now we have field officers, lane builders, field survey teams. Any of the operators who wanted to stay on and retrain in the new roles could and did.

In fact now we have employed more people than we did before but we operate in a lot safer and more consistent environment now which is far more valuable.

Posted By: I Am H2O on December 22nd 2022 at 19:37:18

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This is deep. But are you concerned about the future for us humans?..... (General Chat) - jimbo, Dec 22, 19:05:39
- Seen the price of leccy? Humans will be cheaper to run than AI (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Dec 22, 21:12:27
- Humans have no future, which is good news for the planet (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 22, 20:16:01
  - I don't subscribe to the human beings are a cancer/scourge (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Dec 22, 22:32:55
  - Agree with CB41. Planet much better without human contamination. (n/m) (General Chat) - Biggles, Dec 22, 20:38:00
  - The planet doesn't care. It will still exist long after humans have gone. (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Dec 22, 20:19:52
    - ^^^^ George Carlin ^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 22, 21:29:51
    - Time to quote that old adage "if the life of the earth (General Chat) - Old Splat, Dec 22, 21:00:37
- But what if we are living in a simulation.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Dec 22, 20:02:16
  - If we are (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Dec 22, 20:13:13
    - Can they program better football... (General Chat) - usacanary, Dec 22, 20:22:28
    - This is just one simulation (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 22, 20:17:19
- I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 22, 19:49:25
- My Garry loves AI (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Dec 22, 19:37:41
- Future technology will open up new industries and opportunities, much like it has before. (General Chat) - I Am H2O, Dec 22, 19:37:18
  - What you describe is automating existing processes. The level of technical advancement we (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Dec 22, 20:16:47
    - oh it will for sure but there will be opportunity in that for those who look. (n/m) (General Chat) - I Am H2O, Dec 23, 01:28:33
  - Gissa job, I could do that! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Dec 22, 19:56:58
  - Not to mention all the employees they will hire to fix the mess ;-) (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Dec 22, 19:38:18
- Yeah. Shat myself when they invented the steam engine too. (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Dec 22, 19:22:16
  - You iz well old grandad (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 22, 23:45:00
- Probably similar fears (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 22, 19:12:40
  - On the bright side if AI replaced us the wrath would be a far less toxic message board. (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Dec 22, 19:25:56

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