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Subject 80% of current 'jobs' could be fully automated today.

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80% of current 'jobs' could be fully automated today. 
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Indeed.

I believe this is hidden by "unemployment".

With in 5 to 10 years there will be no need for humans to do anything.  Machines will program and improve themselves.

This is the painful juncture we find ourselves at.  This and transhumanism I believe is the essence of every problem on the world scene today.

We havent yet answered "what am I".  Now the whole concept is about to change.  It will change much sooner than we expect.

The next ten years will we more radically different than all of the changes of the last century put together.

The only solace is that our children, being born right now wont know any difference.

They really are the future of our species.
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I have to wonder if automation hasn't causes unemployment.

One of the things I like about going to Home Depot or Lowes on my weekly trips was customer service.  Now they have check out lines without any one to talk too....

Those machines that check out for you means that a human being is now not needed, the loss of a job. Times how many stores across a how many states?
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Original Message 80% of all jobs in the world - the whole world, can be automated today.

For decades the Auto industry has been using robots for most of its assembly line process, from spot welding to painting, from sewing upholstery to assembling the engine.

This has been a running trend since the advent of the Industrial Robot, essentially an arm running of a computer program. Today we have computers building computers, There really is no need for humans in the process of building your laptop or old school PC.

Today we are seeing automation in even the service industry while you can either deal with a human pushing your store-bought items pass a laser reader, or you can do it yourself and deposit either cash or swipe a card through a reader without standing there wondering if some one asking you 'How are you today' means they really want to know about your latest bunion, or if they are just saying at as a programed response.

Today I was introduced to the machine that will remove even my job. They have a machine that will 'print' a full house in a week, compared to what a team of men can build in a month.

If the machines are taking over all the jobs, then how are we to make money?

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