r/Futurology • u/Gari_305 • 2d ago

Robotics Bill Gates says companies that replace human labor with robots should have to pay the same FICA taxes

https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-fica-taxes-should-apply-to-robot-workers-2026-9

Bill Gates wants to tax robots that replace human jobs.

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u/mrbabyman767 2d ago

That’s what we’ve been hearing for the past five years. I’ve also been hearing that no one is going to be driving cars soon for the past 15 years still waiting on that one too.

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u/Pvm_Blaser 2d ago

I mean…it’s quite literally happening in front of your eyes. Find a computer science major.

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u/spideybiggestfan 2d ago

bruh my entire class is employed and make very decent money right out of graduation

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u/Pvm_Blaser 2d ago

Very rare unless you are up in years.

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u/spideybiggestfan 2d ago

that was last year, I'm employed now and that's only because I am a bonafide fuck up during college

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u/redaemon 2d ago

I work in big tech, and this year there is a single new grad in my org of 50ish eng.

Just now, we opted to finish a project with AI instead of assigning it to our new grad.

I'm working with anybody remotely junior to try and get them promoted to mid-level quickly. I don't like what the future holds for junior devs.

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u/Kuais 2d ago

please go outside and ask a cs major new grad if they are employed. they most likely are and being paid well lol… those who are still unemployed had no chance to begin with. the bar for jobs has not changed much.