things to come

Future problems

To put a water pipe into a trench took many men
now a digging machine makes a trench in a few hours
we accept this saves money, aching backs, and time
These days office work can be done by a computer
newspapers lament the passing of the middle-class
who protest suddenly the ghost of the dole is real.
The medical professionals are nervous too, AI can learn
the skills needed in Latin, do not need a coffee break
and perform operations with steady hands
what I find hilarious is the demise of lawyers grasping
hands AI can learn every law book written and every argument used in legal disputes.
Since the relevant classes are no longer needed they can
form a union and march through empty streets since car driving is no longer needed and taxi drivers are sent back to school to become social workers, since it might be difficult for an AI to understand what humans are talking about, we gave them leisure time and now they hate us
If we can find the stress point where AI breaks down, we can eradicate it and get our jobs back.