Prepare for a rise in unemployment

[doodab]

IBM puts supercomputer Watson to work in ROBOT CALL CENTRE ? The Register

It appears that the last bastion of jobs for people who can't really do anything over and above the stuff any human can manage is about to be automated out of existence.

[DimPrawn]

The most useless of human beings will always have one last bastion of employment.

Recruitment agents.

[doodab]

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This is NSFW, but very funny.

[MyUserName]

As long as people want to shout at people there will always be employment at call centres.

[DodgyAgent]

The most useless of human beings will always have one last bastion of employment.

Recruitment agents.

[doodab]

If watson was that clever it could learn Java and replace half their consultants. They won't do that because what customers really want is a bum on a seat, and they can't make an artificial buttock yet.

[hyperD]

... they can't make an artificial buttock yet.

I'm sure I've seen some early prototypes in action at my last clientco.

[doodab]

I'm sure I've seen some early prototypes in action at my last clientco.

Yes but you can see they've put the arse at the wrong end of the spine....