Rise of the robots: Humans will compete with droids for jobs by 2040, study claims
Plastic surgeons will be able to offer additional brain processing power
Study claims we will have bionic implants to perform as fast as machines
The current 37.4 hour working week will increase by a third to 50.5 hours
We will have less sex in a lifetime as a result of reduced human interaction
By ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD
PUBLISHED: 06:39 EST, 21 April 2014 | UPDATED: 10:50 EST, 21 April 2014
In less than 30 years, we may also be requesting bionic implants for our hands that will make us able to perform tasks as fast as any machine
By 2040, cabs will be driven by Google robots, shops will become showrooms for online outlets and call centres will be staffed by intelligent droids.
That’s the scenario depicted in recent research which suggests robots could be taking over our lives and jobs in less than 30 years. The competition for work caused by a rise in the robots population will see us heading to surgeons for ‘additional processing power for our brains’, they claim.
We may also be requesting bionic implants for our hands that will make us able to perform tasks as fast as any machine.
Futurologists, commissioned by global job search website xpatjobs.com, say workers will have less job security and will work more unsociable hours. Those who take these risks and innovate with their own bodies will be the biggest earners in 2040, they claim.
However, the study added that workers may be left with poor eyesight, smaller sexual organs, and constantly-furrowed brows as they struggle to keep up to life in the 21st century.
Experts expect the current 37.4 hour working week to increase by a third to 50.5 hours.
Plastic surgeons will be able to offer additional brain processing power
Study claims we will have bionic implants to perform as fast as machines
The current 37.4 hour working week will increase by a third to 50.5 hours
We will have less sex in a lifetime as a result of reduced human interaction
By ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD
PUBLISHED: 06:39 EST, 21 April 2014 | UPDATED: 10:50 EST, 21 April 2014
In less than 30 years, we may also be requesting bionic implants for our hands that will make us able to perform tasks as fast as any machine
By 2040, cabs will be driven by Google robots, shops will become showrooms for online outlets and call centres will be staffed by intelligent droids.
That’s the scenario depicted in recent research which suggests robots could be taking over our lives and jobs in less than 30 years. The competition for work caused by a rise in the robots population will see us heading to surgeons for ‘additional processing power for our brains’, they claim.
We may also be requesting bionic implants for our hands that will make us able to perform tasks as fast as any machine.
Futurologists, commissioned by global job search website xpatjobs.com, say workers will have less job security and will work more unsociable hours. Those who take these risks and innovate with their own bodies will be the biggest earners in 2040, they claim.
However, the study added that workers may be left with poor eyesight, smaller sexual organs, and constantly-furrowed brows as they struggle to keep up to life in the 21st century.
Experts expect the current 37.4 hour working week to increase by a third to 50.5 hours.
Robotic devices are never sick, pregnant, or hot to date the gal in Marketing. They don't leave early for kid-related tasks. They don't have interpersonal conflicts. They can work whatever hours. They don't sue or use Worker's Comp.
I can see many, many tasks taken over by robotic systems very shortly.
The question is what will actual humans do when that happens? Most of the world's work is non-creative, non-interpersonal, and non-decision-making. It's routine and physical - things robotics are really good at doing.
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