Will automation cause mass unemployment?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Will automation cause mass unemployment?". Your opponent's style: lawbymike

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You're betting the future on a one-word assertion. That's either confidence or avoidance. So pick a real argument: Does automation destroy jobs, or does it just transform them? And if it transforms them, why assume displaced workers can actually make the leap?

yes. automation destroys jobs because these types of things can sometimes do things automatiaclly. it can also transform it. and works cant make a leap

You just admitted automation transforms jobs, then contradicted yourself by saying it destroys them. Pick one. And "workers can't make the leap"—based on what? History shows they do. Why assume this time is different?