Technological unemployment

From transportation to clerical work, from the legal field to the science laboratory, robots are steadily replacing human labor with automated intelligence. This is by no means limited to the fields above, but as the video shows includes a list of 45% of the US labor force.

Software-bots, mechanical minds and general purpose robots are replacing human labor in large numbers, even making brain labor and knowledge workers obsolete.

Robots don’t ask for pensions, they do not receive minimum wage, they have no costs associated with their health and they are compliant and obedient.

But the darker side asks us what will happen in a world with no work?

How will we live?

What is the role or is there a role for automation and artificial intelligence as human development moves forward?