As someone who will become a future Software Engineer (Embedded / Cyber Security / AI most likely), my concern is this: lets say we increase the wages of undesirable jobs so as to compensate, then how do we handle other types of jobs? Certainly, one could argue my profession will have more'relevance' in this robotically automated world, so from my stand point it would seem unfair that wages increase for, say, the grass-cutter or dishwasher, while my job stays where its at. I suppose one could argue that "all jobs are equally important" but this simply isn't how our world works. Engineers make more money than teachers because we build the things that private / government entities need, and teachers make more money than grass-cutters because the future generations need to learn. The follow-up concern with this is that we're right back where we started in a sense: we have a hierarchical system of what is and is not important.

Most of the attention around automation focuses on how factory robots and self-driving cars may fundamentally change our workforce, potentially eliminating millions of jobs. But AI that can handle knowledge-based, white-collar work are also becoming increasingly competent. One Japanese insurance company, Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance, is reportedly replacing 34 human insurance claim workers with "IBM Watson Explorer," starting by January 2017. The AI will scan hospital records and other documents to determine insurance payouts, according to a company press release, factoring injuries, patient medical histories, and procedures administered. Automation of these research and data gathering tasks will help the remaining human workers process the final payout faster, the release says.