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Rise of the Machines

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    Rise of the Machines

    So are you going to be replaced by the thinking machines?

    BBC Quiz

    I am 323rd in the list with a 3% chance of automation – I can live with that
    Last edited by Halo Jones; 14 September 2015, 08:22.
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    #2
    Originally posted by Halo Jones View Post
    So are you going to be replace by the thinking machines?

    BBC Quiz

    I am 323rd in the list with a 3% chance of automation – I can live with that


    353rd for me.
    …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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      #3
      Programmers and Software Development Professionals: 8%, 284th of 366.
      Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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        #4
        Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
        Programmers and Software Development Professionals: 8%, 284th of 366.
        Same here, I guess we would be needed to program the machines that will be used to program the machines.
        I'm not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful. [Christopher Hitchens]

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          #5
          Originally posted by GlenW View Post
          Same here, I guess we would be needed to program the machines that will be used to program the machines.
          Being "replaced with automation" is a bit inaccurate anyway as already 99% of what we do is replaced by automation - i.e. compilers etc. But that misses the point. And many professionals don't need to be replaced by automation as they could be replaced by an office plant.
          Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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            #6
            I'm a software developer, the wife is a reception teacher... both ~8%.
            Originally posted by MaryPoppins
            I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
            Originally posted by vetran
            Urine is quite nourishing

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              #7
              Originally posted by WTFH View Post
              353rd for me.
              +1 1.1% chance.
              "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                #8
                Hmm, no entries for "prostitute" or "sex worker"

                Guess they'll have to choose "Welfare professional (other)"
                Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ here

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
                  Hmm, no entries for "prostitute" or "sex worker"
                  Surely they're a great opportunity for automation once we get better looking robots?
                  Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                  I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                  Originally posted by vetran
                  Urine is quite nourishing

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
                    353rd for me.
                    Originally posted by DaveB View Post
                    +1 1.1% chance.
                    Yeah me too...

                    BA/Solutions designer?

                    Good thing robots cannot think or we would be fooked.

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