Automation will eat the 'good' jobs in that it creates bad ones.
For existing Factories, the trend is to slap Automation on the cheap bits. And leave the harder bits to Meat.
So you'll put in a machine or computer that reduces work by 33% and remove 1 of the 2 workers on that task. That one worker now needs to pickup that new slack. And now for less money than his retiring coworkers and building a weaker retirement with a worse pension plan.
Not every plant is Tesla on the cutting edge of automation. Lots are barely getting by and can't afford Automation.
The problem is though that the companies that can't afford to invest in automation become less and less competitive and finally go out of business. There will always be craft industries, there are still car companies which hand craft their vehicles, but they will always be few and far between.
For existing Factories, the trend is to slap Automation on the cheap bits. And leave the harder bits to Meat.
So you'll put in a machine or computer that reduces work by 33% and remove 1 of the 2 workers on that task. That one worker now needs to pickup that new slack. And now for less money than his retiring coworkers and building a weaker retirement with a worse pension plan.
Not every plant is Tesla on the cutting edge of automation. Lots are barely getting by and can't afford Automation.
They make more Monkeys every day.