The Japanese are very fond of robots and everything connected with them. And this is expressed not only in their culture (remember at least numerous anime series like Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion), but also in everyday life. Many Japanese people buy toys in the form of robots or robots for various household purposes. What can we say about the future of sex robots in this country? But it seems that the love of robots will eventually play a cruel joke with the Japanese, because if you believe the results of the latest research, by 2030 robots will deprive the inhabitants of the Land of the Rising Sun 2.4 million jobs.
The study, the results of which were published the day before, was carried out by specialists from the Mitsubishi Institute. The report states in black and white that in less than 15 years the number of jobs in Japan will be reduced by almost two and a half million. And this is primarily due to the fact that slowly but surely robots are pushing people out of production processes. At the same time, the authors of the report emphasize that we are not talking about stupid manipulators, but about robots with advanced artificial intelligence.
“Active developments in the field of artificial intelligence can seriously affect the existing manufacturing sector. This, in turn, will lead to job cuts, so today it is necessary to think about creating some kind of government support program that will guarantee a small but stable income to people who have lost their jobs because of robots,”says one of the authors of the study, Satoshi Shirato.
First of all, according to the report, robotization will overwhelm industrial enterprises, as well as the service and trade sectors. Some of the dismissed people, of course, will be able to find themselves in other areas, but the remaining Japanese will be left with nothing. Let us remind you that in the Land of the Rising Sun, as a rule, if you get a job, you work on it all your life. Cases of changing employers of their own accord are extremely rare here. Nevertheless, many people in Japan are already feeling the upcoming trend, and by 2030 the number of specialists in artificial intelligence and robotics will increase to 5 million. These people will certainly not be left without work.
SERGEY GRAY