Are Robots Taking Over the World?
Are Robots Taking Over the World?
By: Jeremy Bishop
More and more jobs are being taken over by robots. The next thing we know, we are going to go to buy a coffee and it will be served by a robot. This is not going to be any good for the US economy because the more jobs that robots take over, the more unemployed people we will have. According to an article on NBCNEWS.com entitled, “Nine jobs that humans may lose to robots” written by Judith Aquino these nine jobs are Pharmacists, Lawyers/paralegals, drivers, astronauts, store clerks, soldiers, babysitters, rescuers and sportswriters and other reporters. These nine job may someday be taken over by robots. What happens to the people that work in these fields? They lose their jobs which will raise our unemployment rate. At the same time it will lower the unemployment rate because we will need people to fix the robots if they break down and we will also need people to make the robots. What I don’t understand is why we need robots to do these jobs. Most of these jobs are easy jobs that I don’t think robots should take over. “Aeon Co., a major Japanese retailer, introduced a four-foot-tall yellow and white robot at a store in 2008 whose job is to babysit children while the adults shop.” (Aquino). I don’t know about you but if I had kids I would not want my kids being babysat by a robot. According to an article by CBS news the US army could replace one fourth of combat soldiers by 2030. This can be a good and bad thing. It can be good if they have robots for deactivating bombs but other than that I think that they should keep human soldiers. If the robot breaks down in the middle of a battle you are out of luck. What if the robot driving for us breaks down in the middle of driving? You’re in big trouble then. Most of these jobs don’t need a robot doing it for them. They’re simple jobs that humans have no problem doing. All that robots will do is make the US economy worse due to raising unemployment.
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