@reggaemuffin Until AI becomes a commercial and accepted reality, I think automation will only affect the jobs of the industrial era. As an educator, we now focus on providing kids with the skills to survive and compete in a society of which we don't know what the makeup will be. Jobs are disappearing, however, different job markets are opening too. More and more 'thinking skills' based jobs are appearing and we focus on employability skills rather than knowledge.

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) areas have been identified as the skill shortage areas here in Australia at least. Only a few years ago I took a group of kids along to a local technological firm (one of the giant conglomerates) and asked them what they look for in a new employee. There answer was Thinking Skills. Analysing, inquiring, complex reasoning, etc. These are the transferable skills of the 21st century. And although there is a high level of automation across some job markets, I believe that different markets will open up to replace those that are lost. Will they be at the same rate? What will happen to those people who don't have the capability for accessing these higher order thinking skills jobs? Only time will tell I guess.