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payments to help those displaced by robots ? The most measured response usually involves humans and robots coexisting peacefully together in the same labour market . There is room for both . Indeed , Chris Moore says that there will still be a place for lorry drivers , for example , even if long-distance haulage is automated .
In the aforementioned examples of aviation and marine , there are still pilots monitoring the autopilot and conducting takeoffs and landings manually ; a cruise ship or ferry can navigate huge swathes of ocean under automation , but it ’ s still brought into dock by a combination of the vessel ’ s own captain and a local pilot who knows the idiosyncrasies of each port . There will be a continued interplay between automation and human supervision .
“ As autonomous technology grows and becomes more robust , you ' ll probably need less human interaction . But that human interaction will take different forms ,” Moore says . “ People think there ' s going to be a mass layoff of people because you don ' t need drivers anymore . You still need these employees . It will just be a different type of job . apollounderwriting . com 13