"We know that 'Robots will eat many old jobs' but can we say 'Robots will create many new jobs'?" #readingToday  

We know that 'Robots will eat many old jobs' but can we say 'Robots will create many new jobs' ... well, that's the tricky bit. As Jim Stodgill correctly points out, it is a statement of belief either way. This is because of the uncharted (hence uncertain) nature of the new activities. We don't know, we cannot know and there is no crystal ball. The future is actually an uncertainty barrier for information.