Hirsch Robotics

Robots can effect employment in a negative way,as said by the author Kelly “It may be hard to believe… 70 percent of today’s occupation will likewise be replaced by automation...even you will have your job taken away by machines”(Kelly Page.300), this quote comes to show the negative aspect of robots taking over the world in the near

Manufacturing has always been an essential job throughout the world, but ever since the introduction of robots and machines into factories around the globe, these lower class jobs have been declining in numbers. But is this decline bad? This decline is especially true in the assembly line jobs in the automotive industry. This decline in manufacturing class jobs began in the 1960s when General Motors introduced Unimate and had huge success (Norman). This ignited a huge influx of robots and new technologies to automate the processes of building cars. While president, Richard Nixon spoke about how investment in technology will improve the workplace. Opposite to Nixon’s speech, in the article “A World Without Work”, robots are portrayed to

One of the many debatable topics about technology is the prospect of it taking away the need for labor as well as the need for skill. As the famous poet W. H. Auden wrote, “Machines are beneficial to the degree that they eliminate the need for labor, harmful to the degree that they eliminate the need for skill.” However, does that make it a true statement? As I previously said, all answers differentiate between the eyes of the one beholding them. Therefore, the answer I will give you to this question, undoubtedly, comes from only my eyes. A person can agree or disagree in their understanding.

In today’s America, with robots on the rise, many people are feeling as if machines are threatening their jobs, and therefore their income, way of life, and basic stability. This is not an unreasonable fear. In 2013, Carl Frey and Michael Osborne with the University of Oxford predicted at as many as half the jobs in the United States could be automated within the next twenty years (Frey and Osborne). Even in the 1930s, economists such as John Maynard Keynes, the creator of Keynesian economics, predicted that technological developments could create economic climate that allows for a 15-hour work week with plenty of free time for the average American worker by the year 2030 (Thompson). The American workforce is shifting towards this prediction

Instead, Holmes ends his argument by concluding that that humans should focus on the concept that “ meaningful labor is done as an act of worship, not unto man, but unto the Lord.” As a final point, work has now transitioned further into the world and it’s impacting humans not necessarily in a positive light, but impacting the world negatively with the many occurring difficulties and changes that come with working. According to Derek Thompson’s “A World Without Work”, Derek makes assumptions about robotic-fueled declines in the work field. Derek goes on about how people would feel if these changes to occur and how it would take a toll on society if we were suddenly removed from our jobs to be replaced by technology. This outlook takes another aspect of our future and what our life could look like. Derek continues his article by stating that “The paradox of work is that many people hate their jobs, but they are considerably more miserable doing nothing.” The thought of a robot replacing a human is more to process about then one would believe. People who despise their jobs can’t even wrap their head around the fact that sooner or later the possibility of them being replaced is huge.

The article ‘Rise of the Machines’ is Not a Likely Future (2015), Michael Littman addresses the issue and worries that people have with regards to technology. The article attempts to persuade readers to believe that there is no need to fear technology as it is just not possible that they can overtake humanity. Zeynep Tufekci touches on the issue of machines taking over jobs of human, titled “The Machines are Coming (2015)”. She attempts to argue that there is no need to reject or blame technology for taking over jobs at the workplace. Littman’s argument is stronger than Tufekci as he provided logical reasoning due to a well balanced structure with consideration of opposable viewpoints with substantial evidence and effective usage of Pathos to appeal to the reader. Tufecki’s argument is weak due to the lack of evidence and her claim was only brought in at the end of her article which makes it seem very lop-sided.

In Nicholas Carr’s essay “All Can Be Lost: The Risk of Putting Our Knowledge in the Hands of Machine’s” he brings up the ethical problem of technology. Technology is all around today, but people are starting to wonder if this surplus of technology is starting to make the world less smart. Carr’s primary argument is as technology becomes more prevalent, people are losing knowledge to do certain tasks. Carr claims this is bad because people are putting their lives at risk and dying due to this lack of knowledge. People are starting to get lazier because of technology. They start to care less and think they are gaining something extra by using the technology, when, in fact it is the exact opposite. Carr states, “most of us want to believe that automation frees us to spend our time on higher pursuits but doesn’t otherwise alter the way we behave or think. That view is a fallacy” (5). This fallacy is affecting how people think and how current children are being taught in schools. Children as young as preschoolers are now starting to use tablets and computers for learning instead of having a teacher doing their job fully and actually teaching them. Instead of adding something to a task or helping to get it accomplished technology, “alters the character of the entire task, including the roles, attitudes, and skills of the people taking part” (5). Throughout his entire essay, Carr argues mostly why he believes too much technology could be harmful in the long run, but also states

From the article Children, wired – for better and for worse ¨Individuals within societies need to be made aware of potential job turnover and turmoil that will come from the rise of AI if given too much power.¨ Speaks truth that has a lot of evidence to back up that claim. Through the twenty eight page article it makes many claim backing up the fact that children are being taught to rely on technology. Also, that jobs are being given to artificial intelligence because it is cheaper and doesn't require breaks. Along with the fact of if humans rely on artificial intelligence it requires less brain power and is mind numbing. For example, the article mentions ¨What we do know is that,in technology, we have a set of tools that have the capability to drastically modify human behavior. What remains, which is not trivial, is to determine how to purposefully direct this capability to produce desired outcomes.¨ What the authors where explaining is that children now a days relying on technology to teach them and help them. With that being said humans can see from high school seniors to first grader technology has had a huge impact and not in the best aways. With technology, things that one would typically learn from trial and error, does not exist anymore. Therefore technology is ruining the lives of children and workers by over simplifying

Technology has been improving at rates faster than the society itself over the past 3 decades. The beginnings of machinery used during the Industrial Revolution was meant to aid and improve the working conditions of factory workers; while machinery did just that it also took away many jobs as technology grew to be more reliable than human beings themselves. No one would have expected that improved machinery created by humans themselves would strip human beings of their source of living and create economic stagnation. As artificial intelligence came into play and continues to improve, humans will slowly be phased out of the workforce society. The day in which people will not be needed in the workforce will come or rather in a matter of time as our electronic counterparts are faster, more accurate, more reliable, and way beyond the power of humans to keep check. Technological improvements of the society do not promote the moral principle of utilitarianism.

In “Better Than Human,” Kevin Kelly, Senior Maverick of Wired Magazine, insists that automation will allow us to become more human. When society grants automation the permission to complete the most menial tasks, it will allow individuals trapped in dead-end careers such as fastening bolts onto cars, to search for their true passions which only humans can accomplish. More people will be able to pursue jobs that robots, for now, can not complete with ease. Kelly believes that as artificial intelligence and the creators of it advance, more jobs will be created to fulfill society's growing needs. The simple tasks of assembling new machinery can be completed by the already established automation; while the job of developing software that controls

He states, "...Robotic technology has greatly reduced the physical effort of manufacturing. Most employees are now required to do very little lifting or other highly physical labor at work" ( Hunter 62 ). Machines and other technologies are taking over the manufacturing work. People who have been loyal to a business are loosing their jobs and are forced into retirement at an early age. These people are wasted away and become extremely obese because of the lack in physical activity. Instead of replacing the workers for machines why not create new technology that helps improve the work of the employee. Creating new jobs and preventing obesity from lack of

In a recent study(pdf), economists Daren Acemoglu of MIT and Pascual Restrepo of Boston University try to quantify how worried we should be about robots. They examine the impact of industrial automation on the US labor market from 1990 to 2007. They conclude that each additional robot reduced employment in a given commuting area by 3-6 workers, and lowered overall wages by 0.25-0.5%. (Kopf)

Over time our lives seem to have become more and more integrated with our technology. Some may say that this is a very bad thing because this change may result in the loss of jobs for millions of people. Jobs such as, cashiers, bankers, legal assistants, and maybe even taxi drivers. The future may appear bleak at first, but the truth of the matter is that robots taking over our simple and automatable jobs just mean that our jobs can evolve with the technology. A very similar thing happened during the industrial revolution when technologies were developed that massively increased the efficiency and yield of farming. This in turn led to a vast increase of food in the country which led to a lesser need for everyone to be a farmer. With a massive amount of food, former farm workers, and advanced technology, a business of mass production and manufacturing began. The loss of jobs due to technology led to a

Furthermore, a depletion of jobs would create a significant gap in societal “classes”. Stephen Hawking, a famous physicist, and author suggests “Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution,”. Queen Elizabeth I also protests new “inventions” replacing human work by admitting “It would assuredly bring to them ruin by depriving them of employment, thus making them beggars.” A significant aspect of robots replacing humans is extreme inequality. Those who are replaced, such as cashiers, accountants, travel agents, and various types of operators, are now shoved down to the lowest class in society. The

Today, the impact of modern technology in our human life is unmeasurable. Modern technology leads to advancement of machines. Nowadays the usage of machines has been increased and work load of humans has been decreased drastically. This leads to one of the most controversial topic in my major Mechanical Engineering M, Franchetti, 2017. “Are machines gaining control over humans?”. This topic has been a controversy since advancement of machines made human life easy, and unemployment of workers came into picture. I interviewed Dr. Matthew Franchetti, the Associate professor and Undergraduate Program Director of Engineering at University Of Toledo.