60 Minutes - Are Robots Hurting Job Growth?

[Kyle Love]

I have had to deal with many parents asking me this in the school system I work in. What people do not realize sometimes is that this increases the need to have a skilled workforce. A job where you simply screw a bolt into an assembly is not as readily available as it was 10, 20 or 30 years ago. Using automation and robotics in the workplace does not totally replace the workers. There still needs to be people designing the robots, possible assembly, programming, servicing and selling these robots. Also, some jobs will never be done as well by a robot as compared to a human. For instance, a social worker or customer service rep (hopefully I am not the only one who gets frustrated with automated customer service options).

Basically, society cannot settle for having "easy" jobs in some disciplines anymore, people need to get training and an education so that they can be competitive in a job market that will demand it.

Just my $0.02