When robots and AI take over more jobs, what will people do with their time?
Here are my predictions, and not just coincidently, the areas listed in parenthesis where I am focusing more of my time and efforts:
- Creative work, hand skill activities, and personal projects expand. (My own focus on sustainable coastal construction, aquaculture and marina).
- Caregiving, community support, and volunteering increase (increase social engagement)
- Re-skilling and lifelong learning become the norm (a combination of tech, physical science, mechanical and human leadership skills)
- Expansion of AI-aligned jobs (CPA managing AI agents instead of humans)
- Expanded leisure, gaming and screen viewing, outdoor recreation, travel, and hobbies (marina)
- Mental-health problems expand
- Inequality and poverty rise sharply
- Social unrest and political instability increase (strengthen community social connections)
- Crime and violence rise (increased investment in security systems)
- Tech-authoritarian corporate structures emerge (IRS will be one)