Posted by WellWorn on May 29, 2017 at 08:42:23 from (64.66.127.214):
In Reply to: China Junk posted by John in La on May 27, 2017 at 18:41:59:
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My off farm work (high and low tech machine installation and repair) has decreased by about 70% over the past 10 years. Used to be that the cost of new tech machines wasn't justified to make simple things. Now the technology is going so fast, and is getting cheaper, that it isn't cost effective to repair say a CNC mill, when a bigger, better, faster one can pay for itself by the time it needs any major service. In addition, fewer things are field serviceable, and more and more manufacturers are getting tight with service information, wanting to keep their own technicians working (mostly just swapping out boards, because nothing on them can be fixed).
My latest gig was doing the electrical service for a printing press that is replacing 2 others, meaning that one more press operator is no longer needed. I fully expect this press to be replaced before I ever get called to fix something on it, IF an ordinary mortal can fix it at all.
Japan is making great strides at fully automating agriculture - from self driving tractors guided by GPS and satellite data on field conditions, to fully automated harvesting equipment. Just think: groceries that do not see a human until you open the package that a drone delivered a few moments ago. Coming soon: your town plowing snow with driverless trucks; patching potholes and cleaning roadside ditches without a crew. A small step from "driverless cars" and automated agriculture.
So as automation runs it's course, what do "we" do with several billion people who are not needed to grow or make anything any more? Just what do we "re-train" them for?
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