Robots 'to steal 15m jobs'

Will they be able to program the robots to gossip, backstab and lick the boss's ar$e?

In the future, almost nobody will be working, robots will do everything for us, wont even need jobcentres, you will entitled to a yearly salary for doing nothing.

There will be jobs in the new industries created by the technology.

For those doing nothing, how will the salaries be generated and who will decide who gets paid how much?

Can't say I thought too deeply about the details, but the idea is great, let's all travel the world and live and let the bots pay for it all.

I think we need to start fighting back e.g puncture the tyres on unmanned vehicles.
I refuse to use Supermarket Self service checkouts. Luddites of the world unite

Surprized Zenmaster hasn't been on saying if it means less immigration it can only be a good thing

They've been saying this since the 80's yet we have the highest number of people employed ever

In part time jobs

the immigrants will  be devastated joining their uk counterparts on the dole

I think my job could be one of the first to go. Robotics dancer.

Machines do take jobs, lots of them, it's just we tend to find other things they can't economically do.
I can't imagine your car or phone would be so cheap if they didn't have robots on the line or had to be hand soldered.

It's when we run out of things people in the west can do, that's when the riots will come.

FFS there are even robot vacuum cleaners now that cost about a grand! At least for now they are desighned by humans.
In 50 years time, will they be designed by a computer? Built by a computer? Sold by a computer (how hard would it be for argos or amazon to have virtually zero staff)?

The only job left will be presenting the one show, and Max Headroom has his eye on that.

given how wooden those presenters are on the one show they might as well be robots.

I have a  Robot girlfriend and she's frigid ,no amount of stimulation works she's a real turn off.

And then the 15 million will steal from the people who profit from the 15 million robots. Seems fair.

the scousers will steal the robots, sorted

Are these robots British, or are they bringing in cheaper foreign ones?

Bloke I know who has a basic job at tesco's has been talking for years about being replaced by robots. I reckon it could be a shelf fulfilling prophecy.

Is he a cashier?

I will check it out.