It has been shown that re training programs designed with the intent to soften the blows of automation never have a success rate of over 15%

To put it in Yang's own words, "People who think we can re train miners and factory workers to become programmers and software developers" technically are neither

And its true

You have to look at the kinds of people who will be displaced by automation

Like truckers

The most common job in 29 states in the US

The average age is somewhere in the 40s

Most don't even have a highschool education

Its ridiculous to assume they will be able to go back to school to find a job in the evolving economy

And even if we assume that they could

What would give them the financial security to go back to school and re train themselves to get a better job?

$1000/month

In the study itself it says "To achieve good outcomes, policy makers and
business leaders will need to embrace automation’s
benefits and, at the same time, address the worker
transitions brought about by these technologies."

And that is exactly what Andrew is doing

He is putting forward policy which will allow the American public to reap the benefits of automation and which would allow people more freedom and financial security to do things like change jobs or move state

Leading to a more dynamic economy which can evolve with the times

@Chemar That study actually kind of proves that Andrew isn't overexaggerating and just re affirms what he says

Sorry for the rant lol

But it annoys me when people send a source and say that their point is instantly proven

Not gonna lie but that’s a lot of words

U know what’s a annoying 10 frickin paragraphs to express an opinion

details means more info

which is good in some cases

like debate

👍

If you look at this part of the study it says in the midpoint scenario every developed country will have between 20% to 27% of its workforce displaced by automation

And that's the MIDPOINT scenario which means its not even worst case

Do you realise how catastrophic that'd be to a country

And the point is this study assumes itd be possible to retrain those people

But when you look at what's happened in the past, retraining is never that successful

Andrew really isn't overexaggerating

except andrew really is a retard

They never really tell you how exactly it's going to get displaced

just spit out some bullshit numbers

@The Lemon If you watch the video I linked, Andrew (not yang, the senior political analyst at DWR ) addresses the truck driver issue

But, to put it simply, automation of trucking is nowhere near being commonplace and even if it did, these trucks would steal need a driver, just one capable of handling the truck's automated systems. Think of how airplanes have autopilot, but still require pilots.

Ok I was just looking at the study cited in that video and it says this

This also

What is says basically is that only 3.8 mill actual truckers will lose their jobs but up to 12 million people who do work in other parts of the industry will also lose their jobs

That dosen't sound like its not going to be a problem at all like the video you sent says