Robots During The Industrial Revolution

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

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

One of the most important periods of history was the Industrial Revolution. Many of the inventions made during this time make our everyday life possible. The Industrial Revolution was the period of time during the 18th and 19th centuries when new technological advancements changed the face of industry. These changes had a lasting impact on the economies of the world and the lives of average people. There were hundreds of inventions during this time period. These inventions resulted in advances in new energy sources, communication and transport.

In an age where technology is so advanced that robots replace humans in the workplace, it is no surprise that increasingly fewer Americans are considered full-time employees. While proponents of advancement argue that technology adds a high level job for every low level job it takes away, low class manufacturing jobs will not be the only newly-automated jobs. Due to rapid advancement, computers are projected to be one thousand times more powerful in the 2030s than computers today (McChesney and Nichols, 2016, 246). With these improvements, no human’s job is safe.

Can anyone imagine a factory rid of workers and filled with robots? In the course of the next few decades it may be possible and technology replacing the jobs of hardworking people in the U.S. is an all-around controversial topic. Eventually, it will be an epidemic that will need to be resolved in the near future. Even though it may seem impossible, the age of new technology and no humans is coming.

The Industrial Revolution had become an influential event that has occurred during the early eighteenth century and continued throughout the civil war. All of the new inventions created has helped many individuals be able to complete their jobs more efficiently. The advance equipment lead the factories to produce more products in a quicker timespan. This factor brought a large amount of goods to the people at a faster rate. Therefore, all of the technological advancements and innovations affected many aspects of American lives. The effects of industrialization in the United States impacted immigration, commercial and industrial development, railroads, organized labor and agriculture.

Compared to last century, workers in manufacturing jobs feel more threatened by automation than ever before. While the number of jobs eliminated by automation continues to increase, employers are also less willing to create jobs. In the article "Special report: Automation puts jobs in peril," Nathan Bomey, a business reporter for USA Today, explores the current position of manufacturing workers. In the article, Bomey explains how, "about 58% of CEOs plan to cut jobs over the next five years because of robotics, while 16% say they plan to hire more people because of robotics" (3). Only the United States Government has the power to create a solution to the quandary of workers affected by the switch to technology in the workforce.

As technology advances and robots become more vital to our everyday life, machines will ruin the human race. Although, the invention of robots has created major controversy around it, according to Kevin Kelly, writer of “Better than Human: Why Robots Will—and Must—Take Our Jobs”, it is believed that increasing automation in the workplace must occur because it will benefit our society and increase productivity. He suggest that instead of essentially competing against robots we should welcome them and work alongside them. Kelly uses convincing arguments and an authoritative matter of fact tone to successfully persuade the reader, but fails to use counter arguments to further prove his argument.

The idea that machines will take the jobs of humans is very two sided. I understand that it is cheaper to have machines and that will allow the companies to downsize on employees but it is very important to understand that without the use of human attendants to operate those machines, they’re useless. There are many jobs like care givers and doctors that will never be able to be done by a machine. An increase in machines will increase the supply and allow for the prices of certain goods to decrease. This will help boost the economy and allow for more American made products.

The evolution of technology has been drastically innovated over time, helping build empires and simplifying every day life. Society has developed a reliance on these technologies; however, this dependence is not adverse. Advances in technology have changed almost every aspect of life, making it possible for people to adapt to contemporary habits and adjust to present-day needs with technological developments such as transportation, the industrial output, communication, cinema, weaponry, and medical equipment.

The technological advancements during the Industrial revolution leads to the short & long term effects socially, economically and politically which molded the world into what it is today. Society has transformed dramatically with every technological advancement that made our daily lives more efficient and comfortable. The economy has come very far with population increase, urbanization growth, and expansion of the textile industry. Politics have developed into new democracy and reforms to start a positive impact that helps every class, from wealth to poverty. All of the changes of the industrial revolution made it possible for people to have the technology we have, from stronger clothes to smartphones.

One invention that was produced during the industrial revolution was the cotton gin made by American inventor by the name of Eli Whitney. This device allowed workers to decrease the amount of time it took to clean cotton. Society was changed by the industrial revolution because before all the work that was done by hand is now almost entirely done by machines. With these new machines came factories which enabled all members of the family home to work and with it came a boom to what we now know as the middle class. Prior to the integration of machinery into the work force what we now know as the middle class was virtually nonexistent. There were the elite upper class and the impoverished lower class. However a middle class was not the only byproduct

Ever since the Industrial Revolution man has become more and more dependent on technology. The advancements in technology during the industrial revolution that started in the 1760’s in England transformed the economy of Europe from an agrarian, handicraft economy to an economy dominated by industry and machine manufacturing (Encyclopedia Brittanica, 2015). In the Microprocessor Revolution of the second half of the twentieth century, the microprocessor was created and since then businesses around the world have become more and more dependent in the use of computers for their daily operations (Mack, 2005). Such change brought on by the use of technology has influenced nearly everything we do in our daily lives. The world’s economy has changed

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