Topic: Is robotics taking over labor jobs a good thing?
Catherine !TGirlYJKXM started this discussion 10 years ago #49,949
I was doing something and how would this be a good thing if the next time you walk into a McDonald's or a Costgo you see a robotic cashier or a robotic fried cook? This would put many people out of work to where there could literally be no such thing as a human performing these duties. Would poverty increase if robotics took over the mundane? Obviously, the IT industry will flourish under such circumstances and encourage more people to go to school to enter such fields, but what becomes of those who work in such lower levels? Will they be forgotten about or will society somehow adapt to accommodate them?!MLHqI35Srs joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 14 minutes later[^] [v] #648,688
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What is it with you and your inability to pluralize appropriately?
Put simply, your vision can't work; the proportion of people intellectually capable of holding down a job at the likes of the fast food outlets you atend are far in excess of those, especially within the confines of such an occupation, possessing the capability to retrain for something far more demanding, especially as much as the kind of niches you envisage for them.
It's impossible, that's the short and long of it.
What is it with you and your inability to pluralize appropriately?
Put simply, your vision can't work; the proportion of people intellectually capable of holding down a job at the likes of the fast food outlets you atend are far in excess of those, especially within the confines of such an occupation, possessing the capability to retrain for something far more demanding, especially as much as the kind of niches you envisage for them.
It's impossible, that's the short and long of it.
TheSuperMagnesium joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 8 minutes later, 23 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #648,690
Well I guess we cant predict the future but I would say it depends on 3 factors. How well the people are educated, how the system and capitalism will react/change and in which industrial fields robots will be profitable.
First of all it wont happen tomorrow, it is still a long way until a robot will serve you at McDonalds. Mostly because it is still much cheaper to pay humans than to pay for the maintenance of a robot. A robot needs electricity and has to be repaired.
Then again im not a robotic geek so I dont know shit.
Also our society needs more highly educated people. The more specialized your job field is the less you have to be worried about being replaced by a robot, I guess. Altough thats probably not the case everytime.
I think its our task to always step one step further than our computers. E.g If youre a mathematician you could be easily replaced by a computer who calculates stuff faster than you do. Unless you are the mathematician who is programming the computer.
Another vision i heard is that with the end of capitalism and with the invention of better robots we will somewhen reach a point where humans dont have to work anymore and robots do everything... But I think thats a little bit utopian.
First of all it wont happen tomorrow, it is still a long way until a robot will serve you at McDonalds. Mostly because it is still much cheaper to pay humans than to pay for the maintenance of a robot. A robot needs electricity and has to be repaired.
Then again im not a robotic geek so I dont know shit.
Also our society needs more highly educated people. The more specialized your job field is the less you have to be worried about being replaced by a robot, I guess. Altough thats probably not the case everytime.
I think its our task to always step one step further than our computers. E.g If youre a mathematician you could be easily replaced by a computer who calculates stuff faster than you do. Unless you are the mathematician who is programming the computer.
Another vision i heard is that with the end of capitalism and with the invention of better robots we will somewhen reach a point where humans dont have to work anymore and robots do everything... But I think thats a little bit utopian.
squeegee joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 18 minutes later, 42 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #648,695
@previous (TheSuperMagnesium)
many fast food chains already use robots on a limited basis. They currently have a drink making robot that preps drinks automatically. they are also looking for other ways to automate with ordering kiosks and additional food prep automation. no, they don't have an anthropomorphic robot that calls you "honey" and wears an apron, but more and more low level service industry jobs are being automated. the drink prep machine alleviates enough work to run 1 person short per shift from what i hear, and that's just making drinks. imagine taking orders and prepping fires. they'll end up running restaurants with just a couple people before too long.
many fast food chains already use robots on a limited basis. They currently have a drink making robot that preps drinks automatically. they are also looking for other ways to automate with ordering kiosks and additional food prep automation. no, they don't have an anthropomorphic robot that calls you "honey" and wears an apron, but more and more low level service industry jobs are being automated. the drink prep machine alleviates enough work to run 1 person short per shift from what i hear, and that's just making drinks. imagine taking orders and prepping fires. they'll end up running restaurants with just a couple people before too long.
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 1 day later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #648,916
@648,688 (!MLHqI35Srs)
You are in no position to nitpick anyone else's usage of the English language, Mr. Gillon.
You are in no position to nitpick anyone else's usage of the English language, Mr. Gillon.