Another bargain bike?

What has been "Science Fiction" in the 50's or 60's became products 30 - 40 years later (first foldable mobiles were inspired by the "communicators" of Star Track, laser weapons, computers with voice recognition, virtual reality googles as a different interpretation of a holodeck etc.. We need to make sure we do not end up in a Matrix-alike scenario though...

So - every new product starts with a drawing, a study etc.
 
Years ago, I remember Typing Pools, now well extinct after Desktop Publishing, then Robots and Automation took a lot of Assembly Line work. Now AI is taking lots of Clerical and Admin work, every time THEY said new, more exciting jobs would be invented. I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon.
 
Actually, it seems that AI is taking a lot of white collar management jobs. Amazon and other companies are laying off tens of thousands of middle managers this week. Does that change anyone’s mind?
 
Alzero said:
Actually, it seems that AI is taking a lot of white collar management jobs. Amazon and other companies are laying off tens of thousands of middle managers this week. Does that change anyone’s mind?
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No. Too many chiefs, not enough indians in this country. You could also make a point that Big Tech knows a market correction is looming sooner than later & back to the point when that correction happens Laverda (& many others) will be even more of a bargain!
 
Law firms have stopped hiring out of college, new lawyers are just not needed anymore. Soon heavy equipment with be robotic controlled like farm equipment. Companies are doing everything they can to eliminate labor and thus labor costs.

If this keeps up a universal income will be necessary to stop mass starvation and revolution. Like Bob Marley said: “A hungry mob is an angry mob.”
 
Was told a Ford exec visited a factory in China that built huge tractors. Apparently it was pitch black inside - no light required, as the entire process was done using robots.
 
piranha-bro2 said:
Was told a Ford exec visited a factory in China that built huge tractors. Apparently it was pitch black inside - no light required, as the entire process was done using robots.
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Or so he was told …… it was actually a storeroom.

I remember one of my old customers in Bris was a large printer. I needed to see the manager because we’d lost their packaging business…. and asked the girl at reception where he was…. out in the factory. As soon as I went through the door into the factory the sound of printing presses stopped.

They couldn’t compete with China and ordered all their print work from China, faster and cheaper than the could make.

The piped printing press noises in the reception gave customers the impression it was still done in house.
 
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