A cyborg that looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger, in all likelihood, is not going to be seen walking down the streets of Los Angeles stalking Sarah Connor. Robots or devices that do not require direct human handling, however, as evidenced by the article links below, are going to be making increased appearances in the months and years ahead. This is not a new trend. This has been happening in manufacturing assembly lines for the last several decades. More jobs have been lost to this than illegal aliens.
What our government needs to do is come up with a progressive forward strategy that steers our populace to adapt to the new realities and to new careers and vocations. There was an interesting interview on the Fareed Zakaria GPS show this morning with General Motors Chairperson Jeffrey Immelt who used Germany as an example of a country that had a high participation rate of robotics in its industries yet had programs to help train and employ its people.
As earlier posts on this blog have stated, the country needs to steer towards current and new industries like alternative energies (where despite Trump's executive orders seem to be on autopilot), healthcare, telecommunications, education, oceanography, and outer space. Anything is possible if we put our minds and vision to it.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-29/domino-s-will-begin-using-robots-to-deliver-pizzas-in-europe?cmpid=socialflow-facebook-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-robots-jobs-20170330-story.html
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