If it repetitive and/or predictable it can be automated. Read Rise of the Robots. Starting to get scary.
My sister says it best "There just aren't that man good jobs to go around anymore".
The author Martin Ford in his Rise of the Robots says that automation, off-shoring and the loss of manufacturing have hollowed out the job market; fewer jobs more competition for whatever is left.
Read Rise of the Robots by Martin Ford, if you have a chance. It's not science fiction anymore.
> I’m just saying the government should step in and help, especially as we continue to automate jobs.
If only the gub'mint could exist without a private sector. Bitch slap me too hard and I ship the jobs overseas and mark 0 when its time for you to campaign for re-election. Its a real dilemma.
Read Rise of the Robots. It is really scary.
Read Rise of the Robots by Martin Ford. All of us can eventually be replaced by an algorithm.
> Technology means that anyone, anywhere can be an entrepreneur (and learn coding from their bedrooms for example, or become a blogger, or take an online course to further their knowledge).
I have a sister who seldom ever leaves the house now. She buys virtually everything online now, including her groceries.
The big problem with (US) technology is explained in this book. Its a good read if you have time.
> I am wondering what is going to happen when a huge glut of middle aged workers transfer assets to children and then go on Medicaid to get healthcare.
From what I have read, its going to be a problem worse than what Japan is experiencing now with their aging population.
Social Security will be in dire straits in about 20 years. Having just come out of a period of a flat birth rate, we now have far fewer people paying into it.
Some financial experts say that the generational transfer of wealth which you speak of, will also run out in about 20 years, making for a bit of a financial Armageddon.
> I think you’re going to start seeing a lot more older workers in government jobs.
Martin Ford is his "Rise of the Robots" would agree. He envisions half of us old timers being employed by the gub'mint in "incentivized" jobs similar to what FDR had.
Really the jobs have been replaced with automation and technological advancement. Imagine you sell widgets. A robot comes out that cost a tenth of what you pay your employees but is 100 times more efficient. The benefits of switching to automation are staggering in this case.
This is explained in great detail in Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future.
You might be interested in this book. I'm almost done with it now - it's really good/terrifying.
Read Rise of the Robots by Martin Ford. We are slowly being replaced by AI everyday.
Read Rise of the Robots by Martin Ford. Pretty scary.
So I have been told.
A good read if you have time: https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Robots-Technology-Threat-Jobless/dp/0465097537/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525791898&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=the+rise+of+the+robots&psc=1
Por enquanto a Inteligência Artifical é "estreita", ou seja, apesar de já poder aprender ainda não tem consciência de si mesma e é dirigida a funções específicas. Há todo um artigo deste livro sobre isso. Por enquanto estamos muito longe que tal aconteça. Quando isso acontecer, dar-se-á uma "singularidade" segundo Ray Kurzweil, com consequências debatíveis e imprevisíveis - imagine-se uma máquina capaz de condensar toda a inteligência e toda a informação existente que começa a auto-melhorar-se. Será bom ou mau para nós? Nem o Stephen Hawking é capaz de responder a essa pergunta.
There is a terrific book on this exact topic that was also a NYT Bestseller: Rise of the Robots
Read Rise of the Robots. There are some downsides.
> The idea that every job will be able to be done by robots.
Its pretty scary.