60 Minutes and Robots

One of the things I think that is impacting job growth is the increasing use of robotics.  The reason I think this is a big deal is that robots are increasingly taking entry level or lower skilled jobs that people used to fill.  To that end go watch a feature story last night about robots on 60 Minutes.  Take a look at the part where robots work in a fulfillment center.  The manager of that center estimates each robot is the equivalent of 1.5 works.  If my math is correct {and I havent' gone back to review the show} then each center has passed on about 100 jobs that used to be done by people.  Multiply that across the country and that's a big number.

Anyway go watch the segment here.  It's worth about 20 minutes of your time.