Just own the damn robots
15 years ago all the software jobs I worked at were retiring clerical workers with software (oh you have 15 people doing spreadsheets ?  We can automate that and you won&#x27;t need them for the same report generation).<p>So this has been going on a lot longer than the article supposes.  Yes its true that the sophistication of the automation, and the breadth of its reach (with robots &#x2F; gig economy) is higher than before, so it will affect more jobs, but it will also create new jobs managing the automation (the same way people found jobs using Excel to manage those spreadsheets from previously more manual ways to do reporting).<p>In other words, this is the normal destructive (and positive) cycle of capitalism.  It is always painful for people who adapt slowly, and provides opportunities for those willing and able to jump into the development and use of new automation tools.