Shape of Things to Come

I do not believe in being an alarmist, but sometimes you run across something that gets your attention.  While I refuse to accept the idea of a fully automated society, i.e. the robots are coming for our jobs, artificial intelligence makes the case that many of the things humans do technology can do better and this article is a prime example:

Robots Conquer One of Hardest Human Tasks: Assembling Ikea Furniture

When I see this it just makes me wonder what education needs to be doing to prepare our students for this world.