LEAD TO AN ARREST.
VALENCIA SAID THE INCIDENT
HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER SHE
PICKED UP HER TWO DAUGHTERS AT
SCHOOL.
THEY WERE IN THE BACKSEAT.
A FRIEND WAS IN THE PASSENGER
SEAT.
IN TODAY'S TECH MINUTE,
TECHNOLOGY MAKES OUR LIVES
EASIER.
A NEW REPORT FINDS ROBOTS AND
AUTOMATION ARE THREATENING TO
REPLACE MILLIONS OF JOBS.
GULLIVER EXPLAINS.
Reporter: A COMPANY CALLED
IRON OXUS TESTING ROBOTS FOR
TASKS NORMALLY DONE BY
FARMWORKERS LIKE SEEDING AND
HARVESTING.
OUR GOAL IS TO USE MACHINE
LEARNING TO GROW PRODUCE AT A
BETTER QUALITY, MORE
CONSISTENTLY, CHEAPER.
Reporter: FARMING IS JUST
ONE OF THE JOBS THAT TECHNOLOGY
COULD EVENTUALLY TAKE OVER FROM
HUMANS.
THERE WILL BE MORE CHANGE IN
THE WORKPLACE.
Reporter: MARK MORROW IS THE
AUTHOR FROM A NEW REPORT THAT
FINDS THAT 36 MILLION AMERICANS
HAVE JOBS THAT COULD BE
AUTOMATED IN THE COMING
DECADES.
PEOPLE WORKING IN
RESTAURANTS, SERVICE WILL BE
HARD-HIT.
Reporter: MANY RESTAURANTS
ALREADY OFFER ORDERING KIOSK
INSTEAD OF CASHIERS.
KELLY BERGER USES A ROBOT
CALLED FLIPPY TO DO THE COOKS
WORK.
COMPANIES ARE TESTING MACHINES
TO SERVE FOOD AS WELL.
BUT MANY OTHER INDUSTRIES COULD
BE AFFECTED.
THERE ARE ROBOTS THAT COULD
MAKE DELIVERIES.
TIME IS VEHICLES ARE BEING
DESIGNED AND TESTED TO ONE DAY
REPLACE TRUCKERS AND TAXI
DRIVERS.
MURO SAYS PEOPLE WITHOUT
COLLEGE DEGREES AND LOW-PAYING
JOBS WILL BE HARDEST HIT.
THE BIG QUESTION IS WHAT
HAPPENS IN THE NEXT RECESSION?
RECESSIONS ARE WHEN AUTOMATION
KICKS IN MOST.
AS WORKERS BECOME RELATIVELY
MORE EXPENSIVE FOR COMPANIES.
AND IF ROBOTS BOOST THE BOTTOM
LINE FOR BUSINESSES, ECONOMISTS
BELIEVED THAT COULD LEAD TO
LOWER PRICES FOR CONSUMERS AND
IT WILL COME AT A COST FOR
MILLIONS OF WORKERS.
