Futurologists have predicted that many American workers will be replaced in factory settings, and other jobs such as truck drivers, are already being replaced by robots. But they've also said that some jobs will never be replaced by robots, e.g., plumbers and electricians, firefighters, and many service workers such as nurses and doctors. Some doctors in the research sciences will be replaced, but not primary care doctors or nurses.
Also, not every job will be replaced by robots, because it will depend on the cost of replacing those workers vs. what their hourly wages are. It would cost more to replace fast-food servers with robots, than to just have human workers and pay them minimum wages. The workers that will be replaced by robots are the ones making way above minimum wage.
Don't forget that these decisions will be made, and are being made, solely on the basis of profitability ... a CEO will decide to invest in robots to replace the highly-paid professional employees because it will save the CEO money in the long run. How this will impact the workers who lose their jobs is of no concern to the CEOs.
Most of our country is unprepared to accept the social upheaval that is coming in the next 10 years.
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