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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

He explains how automation has taken human jobs before and how it has created new jobs for us. And the same thing will happen in the future. The author also gives examples of how robots are becoming more and more available to the average human. He addresses people's concerns about robots by exploring the opportunities robots will bring and that their will still be jobs for humans that robots have not yet taken over. Kelly concludes his essay by reinforcing the idea that robots will have their place and that humans will “dream up new work that matters”(Kelly).

Unemployment has always taken America into its darkest ages; therefore, the United States needs to stay away from automation in order to prevent another employment downfall. By introducing intelligent machines into America, businesses will seek to acquire some of the technology. Since the machines don’t require a wage, businesses will increase in profit making them big barrels of money. Even if the machines are at high cost, it doesn’t mean businesses will forget about it, yet they know they will benefit on the long term by getting the machines. As a result, employees will start getting fired from their jobs, getting replaced by robots. This will ruin families and the peaceful society that has been present through the years.

"It is a safe bet that the highest-earning professions in the year 2050 will depend on automations and machines that have not yet been invented." Kevin Kelly states this in his article "Better than Human: Why Robots Will-and Must-Take Our Jobs" to persuade the readers of his argument. Kelly believes in increasing automizations in the workplace, that Robots should take our jobs. Kelley believes that automations taking our jobs will benefit our society and increase productivity. Kelley's article had good points, however, due to his lack of a counter argument, failing to use multiple facts and insufficient historical events his article lacked convincing evidence and an interesting point of view.

There are also statistics that back up the claim about why people are worried about robots stealing humans jobs. In the graph shown on Linkedin are stats from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it shows a major increase in unemployment for nonfarm jobs from July 2013 to July 2015.

This article published in The Atlantic by journalist and author Alex Tizon chronicles the life of a Filipino woman named Eudocia Tomas Pulido, known as Lola, who spent 56 years as a slave with the author’s family. This woman spent 56 years with the Tizon family and helped nurture three generations of the author’s family. When the family moved to the United States in 1964, they brought Lola with them as their slave and treated her badly. All this time, nobody knew that Lola was the Tizon’s slave. After the author’s mother died of leukemia in 1999, Lola went on to live with the author and help bring up his family. When Lola died in 2011, Alex decided to bring Lola’s ashes back to her home town in the Tarlac province in the

Taylor and Jourdrey (2009) states that “human learning is based upon the ability to analyze, organize, and retrieve data.” In 1945, Dr. Vannevar Bush had visions of how scientists would take what they learned during war time and apply it to new ideas and inventions. His article to the Atlantic consists of sections.

Albert Einstein once said, “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.” While Albert Einstein believed technology was going to have a negative impact on people, Kevin Kelly thinks otherwise. In his article “Better than Human: Why Robots Will-and Must-Take Our Jobs” he talks about the increase in automation in the workplace, and how it is essential because it will benefit our society and lead to increased productivity. With his use of historical examples, organization, and consistency, he effectively convinces the reader that an increase in automation will be beneficial to the human race.

One of the biggest controversies with the advancement of artificial intelligence is the debate on job automation. Many people believe that artificial intelligence will advance to become better than humans and replace humans in most jobs. The opposite belief is that AI will be used to improve the standard of living and will be a tool to support humans, not replace them. Job automation has many benefits such as performing more dangerous jobs and complete tasks that humans do not desire to do. Even though job automation has benefits, there are many people who believe robots will take over the job market and the unemployment rate will skyrocket. There are multiple supporting factors for each side of the job automation debate, but the argument will never be settled until AI is further advanced and utilized.

Our Jobs Are Gone Gray Scott once said, “Robots will harvest, cook, and serve our food. They will work in our factories, drive our cars, and walk our dogs. Like or not, the age of work is coming to an end.”. In this text, Scott means that technology today is more advanced than ever and robots have been more advanced to do humane jobs. In the article “Better Than Human:Why Robots Will-And-Must-Take Our Jobs”, Kevin Kelly introduces the problem that increasing automation in the workplace can effectively change the need for human needed jobs.

Introduction: Humanity has always struggled with the concepts of automation because of its lasting effects on people. While most would argue against automation in this classroom, I suggest instead that we accept it and allow it to become part of our lives. I have family members whose jobs have been replaced by automation, and I honestly think they are living a better life because of it. It will affect humans well in both the long and short term by allowing us to continue to push towards an optimistic future. I understand that this is a long way off, and I understand it will be a hard road but it is worth it.

Throughout his book, he maintains the presumption that robots will take over the workforce. He provides evidence to support his claims, but in one case he claims that robots are not walking the streets with us (Wierzbicki, 2016, p. 50). This can be seen as a contradiction because he claims throughout his book that readers need to be aware of technology and what it has already done to society. By arguing that there are no robots working can be misleading because Snyder (2013) notes that corporations such as Foxconn have planned to purchase 1 million robots to replace human workers. The technological revolution has already begun, but Wierzbicki still determines it to be a “ticking time bomb” (p. 50). Wierzbicki claim is a contradiction to his previous assumptions for the reason that a significant decrease in employment is correlated to advancements in

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

When a sect of society is faced with the imminent reality that its lifestyle will be disrupted by the advent of the latest technology, there ensues a massive ideological regression to the status quo. Historically, polls showed an aversion to technology, with only 28% of adults labelling themselves as “early adopters” of technology (Pew Research). A low percentage of early adopters creates a “chasm” of technology adoption, reinforced by the dissent of a vocal minority of technology conservatives. This aversion to technology is not drawn on by rational, evidence-based conclusions, but rather, apocalyptic premonitions of the poorer livelihoods of average citizens. The common fear is that automation will kill jobs and create a high unemployment rate. Despite this hyperbolic scenario, the trope offers a starting point to analyze the scope of economic changes that would occur during a plausible future.

Automation, which is the use of automatic equipment to manufacture or perform a task, has blossomed in the last couple of decades. Many examples of automation exist that have taken over previously human manned jobs. For example, automation exists in processes such as operating manufacturing equipment and the handling of ships and aircraft. These processes have no or very minimal human intervention. This has been accomplished in different ways through a combination of mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical devices as well as computers. Through this technology, many jobs have been replaced with machines. Some may think that automation is economically bad for the loss in jobs, but that