<i>I guess the point here is that the author cant fathom new job types in the future, so therefore there will be no new job types in the future. Glad we got that one settled!</i><p>No.<p>The point here is that in the past it was always easier to teach a person how to do a new kind of job, than it was to build a machine to do it.  That meant that as our world got more complex, there were an ever-expanding constellation of jobs which made sense for humans to do.<p>The problem comes when there is a generalist robot available which has a similar form factor and more capabilities than a human.  At that point EVERY job is easier for a robot than a human.  And the cost of building and operating that robot becomes a ceiling on what it makes sense to pay a human.<p>At first those robots will be insanely expensive.  But thanks to Moore&#x27;s Law, that won&#x27;t last.