Will robots and machines take away our jobs?
By Nnaemeka
@mydanods (6513)
Nigeria
March 9, 2018 11:05pm CST
Do you think machines or robots will take away our jobs? With artificial intelligence (AI) these days become more efficient, people are afraid that this is a possibility. I think people will be without work when this happens and only those who own the robots will be richer than the greater masses.
What do you think about robots and machines?
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16 responses
@JAWwriting (298)
• United States
11 Mar 18
Like all automation revolutions of the past the job market for 'human' workers changed but the overall number of jobs mostly remained unchanged. I feel this will be the same with future robotic revolutions.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
10 Mar 18
Yes I believe they will in time, probably not in my time though. I'm actually looking forward to self driving cars though where we won't have to do anything except relax. Unemployment could be a big problem though.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
11 Mar 18
@mydanods I do hope not. Jobs would have to be created to manufacture and assemble the robots especially if they were universal.
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@mydanods (6513)
• Nigeria
11 Mar 18
@sprite1950 But those would not fill all the jobs that were lost.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Mar 18
That trend has been happening for several decades and now escalating.
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@mydanods (6513)
• Nigeria
10 Mar 18
@JohnRoberts So the unemployment rate will rise? There will be much pressure on social security services then. I foresee looting and increase in crime. What do you say?
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Mar 18
@mydanods Negative for mankind because where will be jobs?
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@snowy22315 (180699)
• United States
11 Mar 18
I think it may happen in the future, but not all once. There will be jobs for people to help program the robots and AI. However, probably in our lifetimes we may see many conventional jobs replaced by robots. They are all over the place on the internet already.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
10 Mar 18
If I recall right, I posted about Sophia, an AI, as the first robot to acquire an Arab citizenship.
Man will not stop experimenting about robotics and technology. The production en masse of these AI's is inevitable.
There is a movie, I think it is entitled Ex Machina, it has posted viewpoints about what will happen when robots take the human form.
Iron Man dismissed the production, in a Marvel movie.
So, no, I am not happy with AI's. I do not particularly see them planting rice.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
14 Mar 18
@mydanods No, that is not my view at all. Check my last line.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
10 Mar 18
Possibly but won’t totally rid of everybody’s job. I think I won’t even see robots taking over much more complicated jobs for the rest of my life.
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@Letranknight2015 (51957)
• Philippines
10 Mar 18
They should just be focus on doing jobs in Outer space air not needed for their work. Or planetary explorations, I don't like the idea of them stealing people's jobs.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Mar 18
i think i should always remember that machines are made by people.
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@Swayamsiddha (4354)
• New Delhi, India
11 Mar 18
Some jobs will be greatly taken away by robots for sure.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
10 Mar 18
Machines often take jobs - the whole point of automation is to cut out human involvement
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
10 Mar 18
@CoralLevang sadly true - buinessmen just want to make money and robots don't want paying - simple as that
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@mydanods (6513)
• Nigeria
10 Mar 18
@CoralLevang We produce the machines. So, we did that to ourselves.
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