Automation is something that has been around for a while now. It has done good things and bad things for companies and people in the work place. The more information on this topic, the better it will be to understand automation and come to our own conclusion. To do this, I am going to talk about the history of automation, automation today, and the future of automation. This is to explain how automation came about and where it will take us in the future. The first industrial robot was designed in 1954 by George Devol. The name of it was Unimate. The first robot was installed on a production line in 1961. It has been around for a long period of time. It has even been around before 1954. According to product handling concepts, “Automation can trace its roots back much further than that. …show more content…
In the magazine “Automation Nation,” by Olivia Berlin it says “In a widely publicized 2013 study, Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne, from Oxford University, surveyed 702 occupations and found that 47 percent of American workers had jobs with a higher than average risk of being automated in the coming years.” Four years ago, already more than 47 percent of jobs are already at risk of being taken over. That is a huge percent of jobs. Imagine what the percentage looks like now in 2017 compared to 2013. If you look to the picture to left also found in the magazine, it shows from most difficult to the least jobs that can be taken over by automation. Being a recreational therapist or dentist will not easily replaceable as someone who is a telemarketer or even a real-estate sales agent. The chart is a reliable source to look at when it comes to who will be the 47 percent of people to first lose their jobs. As time goes on and technology advances, the dentist and even the athletic trainers will soon face the same problem. In the end of it all, no one is safe from
In her introduction, Barbara Garson gives the reader an idea of her personal work experience as a clerk with automation. One can see that Garson is a strong critique of automation. In order to convey how automation is affecting our society the author begins by analyzing and studying various jobs from the bottom on up (i.e. starting with the most unskilled labor).
The robots are taking over!!! This is the idea that Kevin Kelly stresses and elaborates on in his article “Better than Human:Why Robots Will-and must-Take Our Jobs”. The article focuses on automation in the workplace and how most of the jobs that are currently done by humans will be taken over by robots in the future. Kelly believes that this is inevitable and that it is a positive thing. While I believe that most of our jobs will be taken over in the future, I do not think that Kelly did a great job at trying to prove his point and his argument was mediocre.
Some fear that the rapid evolution of technology, especially in the workforce, will become too much and there will no longer be a need for human labor at all. This seemingly irrational fear of robots and other futuristic developments is as obscure as one may think. Progress in engineering has allowed for robots, drones, and even self driving cars to soon become a thing of the present. Amazon has already tested the use of drones for shipping purposes was successful in doing so. Amazon has also made advancements in other aspects of consumerism as well, specifically in their new checkout free grocery store called Amazon Go. These stores will be completely checkout free which means no need to wait on line and no need for cashiers. As their trial stores has recently released panic has been spreading throughout the globe. If this works out will there no longer be a need for cashiers in grocery stores? or no need for cashiers at all? Some fast food chains have already eliminated cashiers completely and now just have simple touch screen menu options, which has been tremendously profitable. This obliteration of entire labor forces is very frightening. People can’t help but think will machines soon takeover there jobs? Will people no longer be needed to work (Document D)? This panic has been seen since the start of the industrial revolution when factory systems began to destroy
It seems obvious that automation has been a highly instrumental force in changing American society, and to oppose automation would seemingly be a definite resistance to change. While opinions today may differ on whether or not automation has improved our way of life, I would argue that there are few who could live without at least some of the conveniences that automation makes possible.... ... middle of paper ... ...
From my perspective, what really causes these concerns is people’s over-independence on these robots. We tend to think that robots are intelligent and efficient enough that can replace our own mankind, making us too anxious to transfer the important work to the robots, and to accept and serve at a subordinate position. And this situation is really easy to happen. For myself, if something or someone can help me deal with my work, I will be so delighted to give away my work. This may also cause people hard to concentrate and start to lose their abilities since there is no need for people to do it themselves. This may lead to the results above and we will have nothing to do about it ultimately because it is we that first give the initiative to the robots. It is we that let them do so and at that time, we will have no strength to fight against these robots. So if we can avoid being over-independence on the robots, this will be less concerned.
In the article “Why robots, not trade, are behind so many factory job losses” by Paul Wiseman a senior editor in the Associated Press says “The vast majority of the lost jobs — 88 percent — were taken by robots and other homegrown factors that reduce factories' need for human labor.” He later adds on mentioning that Americans should put the blame on robots for the increase in unemployment. Wiseman argues using a statistical fact how robots and technology are responsible for taking our jobs. In a speech by Professor Moshe Vardi given to the to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Vardi states how he believes in thirty years unemployment will increase by fifty percent since by then he believes technology will be so advanced it could basically do any humans job. He uses history to back up his argument since the Chinese and Russian industrial revolution destroyed so many jobs and affected millions of lives. On the other hand, companies like GM motors, Toyota, and Scion only use robots not only for the cheapness of labor over the years, but also for efficiency so there would not be any problems or major recalls. According to the LA times robots making industrial goods increased efficiency dramatically and increased production, but also caused depletion in labor jobs. As you see as time moves on the expectancy of unemployment
Throughout the article, Ford uses data to provide information on the current state of unemployment. He notes that from analysis, it was determined that the U.S. market is highly polarized from existing technology. Because of this polarization, it will be challenging for workers to find new jobs, if AI becomes more widespread and used. Ford concludes that, “it becomes somewhat difficult to imagine just what jobs might be left for even the most capable human works” if AI ever matches or exceeds human intelligence.
Many encyclopaedias and other reference works state that the first large-scale automatic digital computer was the Harvard Mark 1, which was developed by Howard H. Aiken (and team) in America between 1939 and 1944. However, in the aftermath of World War II it was discovered that a program controlled computer called the Z3 had been completed in Germany in 1941, which means that the Z3 pre-dated the Harvard Mark I. Prof. Hurst Zuse (http://www.epemag.com/zuse/)
Artificial Intelligence, also known as AI, allows a machine to function as if the machine has the capability to think like a human. While we are not expecting any hovering cars anytime soon, artificial intelligence is projected to have a major impact on the labor force and will likely replace about half the workforce in the United States in the decades to come. The research in artificial intelligence is advancing rapidly at an unstoppable rate. So while many people feel threatened by the possibility of a robot taking over their job, computer scientists actually propose that robots would benefit a country’s efficiency of production, allowing individuals to reap the benefits of the robots. For the advantage of all, researchers and analysts have begun to mend the past ideas of human-robot interaction. They have pulled inspiration from literary works of Isaac Asimov whom many saw as the first roboticist ahead of his time, and have also gotten ideas of scholarly research done by expert analysts. These efforts have began to create an idea of a work force where humans and robots work together in harmony, on a daily basis.
It is not ethical to replace human employees with robotic automation and computer-controlled systems. It is important to be mindful, how and when to use robotic automation as robotic automation is useful, when used sparsely. Robots are a problem for humans because, the technology of robots is becoming smarter, more reliable industrial robots and drones that lead to better factory production. It is often cheaper to buy an industrial robot or program than to train a human worker and pay them for their job. The major cost difference of robotic automation is often a major factor in why human jobs are replaced by robots, as with salary and overall price per employ.
The robot revolution has begun! The eradication of the human race by the cold, cunning, and calculating autonomous army of artificial intelligence is imminent and unstoppable… or is it? While our world is becoming increasingly dependant on new technologies, artificial intelligence is steadily progressing its importance in business, creativity, and labor efficiency. To understand the growing role of artificial intelligence, it is important to understand where it began and where it is headed.
The first industrial robot, built in 1961, was a mechanical arm used to load presses. After the development of the computer and the CNC (Computer Numerical Control) in the 1970?s, the world saw great advances in the development of robotic control and the quality of robot manufacturing. As a result, there has been acceptance of the industrial robot world wide, improving the productivity and quality standards of industry (Hodges 3-5).
One of the first robots was thought up by Leonardo Da Vinci. It was only a sketch of a mechanical knight, who was able to sit up, wave his arms, and move his head and jaws. It was unknown if he attempted to build it. Other automatons have also been created through history, but in 1926, Westinghouse Electric Corporation created the first robot to be used for work, Televox. The first autonomous robot was created in 1948 to 1949 by William Grey Walter, which could sense light and touch, and they moved around without human guidance. Finally, the first industrial robot was called Unimate, and it was used by General Motors to lift hot pieces of metal and stack them.
With the development of technology in the world, people are faced with many things they never saw and knew before. In this modern life, technology has affected a lot of people’s lives in many levels. Robots are considered as important products of technology. Robots were introduced by a writer, Karel Čapek, from the Czech word, robota, meaning “forced labor” or “serf”. Čapek used this word in his play, R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) which opened in Prague in January, 1921, a play in which an Englishman named Rossum mass-produced automata. The automata, robots, are meant to do the world’s work and to make a better life for humans; but in the end they rebel, wipe out humanity, and start a new race of intelligent life for the robots themselves (Asimov, 1984). Robot does not have a specific definition itself, every dictionary has a slightly different definition. “Deciding if a machine is or is not a robot is like trying to decide if a certain shade of greenish blue is truly blue or not blue,” said Carlo Bertocchini, the owner of RobotBooks.com. “Some people will call it blue while others will vote not blue,” (Branwyn, 2004). This essay will limit the meaning of robot as what defined in the Merriam Webster Dictionary (2004), robot is a machine that looks and acts like a human being, an efficient but insensitive person, a device that automatically performs especially repetitive tasks, and something guided by automatic controls. As the technology grows more modern each day, scientists and programmers are creating and improving the function of robots. Nevertheless, many people are still debating should robots be developed more and should robots be used in everyday life. I disagree that the further development of robots should be remain...
Robots are one of the artificial intelligence that made a breakthrough across all fields of life. In consequence, many research studies and projects regarding robots took place in the last decade. In addition, robots in the society could be one of the essential machines, due to their multitask system which could adjusted to any kind of performance. In general society could use these machines to fill manpower gap in short time with less cost. Therefore, robots can have huge positive effects on different fields of life such as emergency situations, daily chores, and manufacturing industry.