I sometimes get asked what I am going to do when I am replaced by a robot. On other occasions, I get emails from people hoping I get replaced by a robot.
Those in the second group typically accuse me of not knowing what it is like to not have a job.
Actually, I do know what it is like to be without a job for an extended period because I was jobless for several years between 2001 and 2004.
I started this blog hoping someone would hire me as writer. The Motley Fool had an opening for a writer and turned me down for the position.
With the exception of the bit about the Fool position that I wanted and needed, I have written about this before on several occasions, most recently on January 30, 2015, in Financial Blogger Profile of “Mish” on Equities.Com.
McJournalism Coming Up
With that journalism backdrop, please consider You’ll be Sorry When the Robot Journalists Take Over by Irish Times writer Jennifer O’Connell.