Robotic Nation Evidence

C'mon, you're using "Jobs" in the title hoping to attract clicks during MacWorld SF, aren't you? Admit it! :D
 

I'm making my own robotically-run farm on my 150 acres. I guess it's somewhat like a small technate.
 

A semi-truck will be cheaper to manufacture if it doesnt need to have to cater to the comforts of a human driver. It will be lighter, requiring less energy, and it could have a special arm to load and unload cargo from and to palletes manned by robotic workers: day or night 365 days a year.

The one thing retarding the development of robotic labor is the practically infinite supply of cheap foriegn labor.

If a political decision cut off Western companies from that cheap supply, then they would aggressively pursue the robot option.

Of course a political decision could also scuttle the new robotic economy at any time. Only with a massive welfare state will people accept massive job loss of any kind without revolution.
 

"Of course a political decision could also scuttle the new robotic economy at any time. Only with a massive welfare state will people accept massive job loss of any kind without revolution."

A massive welfare state is the correct outcome, there is no need to force labor just for the sake of labor once it is unnecessary. Today many live far better than the kings and emperors of the past, to improve the human condition even further is the right thing.
-Zaiden
 

all of these examples are dull repetitive jobs