Rise of the machines

Fremen

On a scale from one to ten, how likely is it that your job will be made obsolete by a robot or computer within the next fifty years?

Kasabian

A foreign machine most likely:pac:

1.. How about you OP?

Biggins

1. Not very likely.

bazmaiden

not likely, dont work with any type of machinery/computers

1

bonerm

1. My job won't even exist in 50 years time so the need of a robot or human to do it is neglible.

mikom

Fremen wrote: »

On a scale from one to ten, how likely is it that your job will be made obsolete by a robot or computer within the next fifty years?

My kids would hate it if I was made obsolete by a robot or computer.
Sing-songs would never be the same..... ♫ "Old MacDonald had a farm, 1 0 1 0 1 " ♫

Duggy747

Hmm, bit of an ironic one this;

Considering I'm a techie I'd imagine my job would be safe until computers learnt to fix themselves :eek:

But they can't.........not now........yet I still can't get a techie job :pac:

Actually, Indian call-centers could soon be on the way out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-ZAXBn1qOo

*shudders*

Fart

What??!!? I don't want no damned Robot claiming my dole!!!

bonerm

Duggy747 wrote: »

Hmm, bit of an ironic one this;

Considering I'm a techie I'd imagine my job would be safe until computers learnt to fix themselves :eek:

But they can't.........not now........yet I still can't get a techie job :pac:

Actually, Indian call-centers could soon be on the way out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-ZAXBn1qOo

*shudders*

Are we witnessing the end of the Fleshlight (and the female species) here?

Fart

Duggy747 wrote: »

Hmm, bit of an ironic one this;

Considering I'm a techie I'd imagine my job would be safe until computers learnt to fix themselves :eek:

But they can't.........not now........yet I still can't get a techie job :pac:

Actually, Indian call-centers could soon be on the way out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-ZAXBn1qOo

*shudders*

haha, I love the comment "zomg talking fleshlight :0@!$". rofl.

Mike 1972

Fremen wrote: »

On a scale from one to ten, how likely is it that your job will be made obsolete by a robot or computer within the next fifty years?

Given that I am (perhaps naively ?) hoping to be able to retire before Im in my late eighties what happens to my workplace fifty years from now isint of that much concern quite frankly.

Whats more bothering me is the possibility of it being made obsolete by an underage kid in a slave labour sweatshop in China within five years.

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I have no idea.

wylo

1. impossible,

Mint Sauce

Fremen wrote: »

On a scale from one to ten, how likely is it that your job will be made obsolete by a robot or computer within the next fifty years?

what scale would i give for about a months time, although describing a foreign worker as a robot is a bit harsh

Rhyme

I for one welcome our robot blah blah whatever.

Machines can't imitate nonchalance, my job is safe.

WindSock

I'm surprised there isn't already

entropi

Probably around a 2-3...

My job, should I attain it after college will be in assessment and treatment of sports injuries, I'm doubtful that by then, they'll have a robot that can mimic human intuition and the touch warm hands can bring

SugarHigh

I have to laugh at all the people who are so confident they can't be replaced by machines. I have seen computers that can learn to write software themselves so if even the people who write software can get replaced by software I'm pretty sure most people can be replaced.

SugarHigh

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Probably around a 2-3...

My job, should I attain it after college will be in assessment and treatment of sports injuries, I'm doubtful that by then, they'll have a robot that can mimic human intuition and the touch warm hands can bring

A machine that has a mobile x-ray machine and software to analyse x-rays isn't that ridiculous but your job isn't important enough for anyone to bother.

Shryke

My job is too menial and degrading for a machine. :eek:

SugarHigh

wylo wrote: »

1. impossible,

I think people should state their job.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotic_surgery
If robots can perform heart surgery I'd love to know what you do that is so complicated.

OutlawPete

I work at a supermarket checkouts, a machine could never replace me, no way .. no sire-e-bob.

dubtom

Unless they invent terminator style taxi's I'm safe enough.

Also,I wonder how many nerds have stuck their willy in that robot's mouth and got it to say awhh.

corkcomp

Fremen wrote: »

On a scale from one to ten, how likely is it that your job will be made obsolete by a robot or computer within the next fifty years?

The more computers in the world the better as far as my job is concerned

omahaid

Hmmm, the machine that can do my job can also solve the halting problem.

alwaysadub

Robots would've blown up with frustration if they had to do my old job.

Once they don't start claiming my dole i'm happy :pac:

Rabies

No.
Robots are too logical to deal with the stuff I do at times.

CreepingDeath

Fremen wrote: »

On a scale from one to ten, how likely is it that your job will be made obsolete by a robot or computer within the next fifty years?

I don't plan to be working in 50 years time, unless we go through another banking crisis which kills my pension scheme just before maturity.

Artificial intelligence at the moment is seriously limited.
Trying to map human intelligence into a computer is like trying to map insect intelligence into a calculator. Certainly won't be done with today's architecture of digital computers, and definitely not in a cost effective way.

People thought "expert systems" would do away with the likes of doctors in the 1970's. Artificial intelligence will start in a very limited subset of some sector and grow from there, but only if it's more cost effective than humans.

Anyone whose job involves physically handling cash or processing forms should worry though. With a global id and a cashless society, a lot of unskilled jobs can disappear.

Kepti

For the sake of us all, I hope not. I apply Turing Tests.

CreepingDeath

Kepti wrote: »

For the sake of us all, I hope not. I apply Turing Tests.

Sure turing tests are no good.
I could write a program that mimics an average boards user, and nobody could tell the difference.

I just need to reply "yore Ma", correct someone's spelling or grammar, or reply to some emotional topic with some crowd pleasing reply.

Kepti

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Sure turing tests are no good.
I could write a program that mimics an average boards user, and nobody could tell the difference.

I just need to reply "yore Ma", correct someone's spelling or grammar, or reply to some emotional topic with some crowd pleasing reply.

That says more about boards users than it does about Turing tests.

Posy

It's quite possible. I would like my job to be made obsolete by robots when I'm 60, then take early retirement with a big fat redundancy package.

Son Of A Vidic

No chance thank fcuk.

Kepti

I've had a chat with the machines, turns out we have nothing to worry about. They have jobs lined up for all of us.


http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/4506/newjob.jpg

Hank_Jones

I'm more worried about the apes taking over than my job going to a robot, or machine.

The reality is that regardless of how far machines have come, there have always been jobs for people manning these machines (to a certain extent anyway).

Personally, I'm more worried about not being alive in 30 years to see how this stuff has developed.

mardybumbum

Can robots put soul into guitar playing yet?

Rabies

mardybumbum wrote: »

Can robots put soul into guitar playing yet?

only if it closes it's eyes

Davidius

I'm a crime fighting mathematician who works as an astronaut for NASA in his spare time. So yeah I'm pretty much obsolete.

Mr Benevolent

I'm told that Pighead is due to be replaced by a computer fairly soon.

Sofiztikated

I'd love to invent the machine that replaces me.

Actually, I'm just surprised that it hasn't been done. Automated reception in a hotel? Hmmm.

I'm going to my shed, I'll need a bucket, some string, some tape, a saw, a bit of 2x4, a hammer, beer and nails.

x in the city

Fremen wrote: »

On a scale from one to ten, how likely is it that your job will be made obsolete by a robot or computer within the next fifty years?

obsoletely fabulous

JerryHandbag

I assumed this was a discussion of the 3rd movie in the franchise. Which was ok I suppose. But Salvation kicked ass.

Mr Benevolent

x in the city wrote: »

obsoletely fabulous

Isn't that a Futurama episode?

littlehedgehog

Hm. Considering the majority of my job is dealing with mistakes made by humans which are too illogical for computers to deal with (currently), and then making sure the computer has done its job correctly, I'd say I'm safe for the next while anyway!

ejmaztec

It's best get ahead of the game and qualify as a pod-bay doorman, as a computer will never do that job.

entropi

SugarHigh wrote: »

A machine that has a mobile x-ray machine and software to analyse x-rays isn't that ridiculous but your job isn't important enough for anyone to bother.

Wut?

astronige

my current emplyment...erm can a robot sign on every few weeks to claim job seekers?????


but last long term job... no way they can barely walk yet robots so no way to job walking and driving etc ..... lol