Re: [Vo]:Intelligent robots threaten millions of jobs

[a.ashfield]

Jed,
While laws have been updated there are still holdouts.  Where I live 
near Philadelphia all house plumbing had to be made of copper. When a 
member of the council died <10 years ago, who happened to own a plumbing 
business, the building regulations were changed to allow plastic.

Our house was built in the 1980s and at that time city water had not 
reached the area so we have a well.  The water happens to be fairly 
acidic and we have had three leaks so far.  The pipes do not seem to be 
being attacked but just small local flaws are.  I suspect there are 
other holdouts but it is gradually changing.

The subject seems to have drifted from the original topic.  At least AI 
and robotics seem to have become a topic of conversation in the media.  
What I don't see is any agreement of how to handle the inevitable rise 
in unemployed.  The group-think politician's answer still appears to be 
"more education".