Robots replacing human work

Ever since the early 2000s, technology has been greatly used as replacement for humans in the employment field. Many modern jobs are now getting replaced with machinery and robots, such as cashiers, telemarketers, warehouse workers, and security guards. It seems that humanity creates new products every year to solve their problems more efficiently, such as cars to horses, light bulbs to candles, or auto vacuums compared to handheld vacuum cleaners. The recent development of computer science since the early 1960s has also posed a great threat towards employment in the engineering, physics, mathematical, and management information fields. Although it seems that the company owners are at fault for decreasing the job demand, it may be the rapid development of technology that is threatening work. While most believe that business owners are to blame for the increase in robots replacing humans in the workplace, the accelerated improvements in technology are more of the reason that the demand for human labor is less needed for jobs nowadays. Machines have significantly decreased the need for human labor over the years. It is incredibly easy for an individual to carry out the work of several people with just a simple button on a machine. For example, rather than transporting very few goods via horseback (also assuming a horse comes with its basic living essentials, food, water, rest, etc…), a truck can carry thousands of pounds in its load and travel much faster than a horse. Overall, a truck is just much more efficient than a horse, so it seems that they have completely replaced them in the modern-day. Another field you can see the recent “overtake” of computers is in the medical department. Careers such as anesthesiologists or common surgeons are currently being replaced by robots. To further prove this, the Watertown Regional Medical Center in Wisconsin released a letter on March 28, 2021, about replacing all of their anesthesiologists with certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), because it seemed like a safer and more effective option compared to humans doing the job. This brought up an opportunity for several doctors to show concern about computers taking their work at a rapid pace. Another interesting job that has been threatened by computers is in the security department. The company Knightscope has developed a monitoring robot called the K5 and advertised on their website it is able to work 24/7, outdoors, and in cold or rainy weather. They replace the need for a security guard in malls, hospitals, warehouses, airports, or even big gatherings such as music festivals. It seems almost too easy for robots to replace our work in our modern world, but there is a lot of reasoning behind this. The reasoning behind humans being replaced so quickly now is the combination of the fact that a machine can process and produce the work of several people and the fact that they can do that in a matter of minutes. Although their costs can get very expensive, machinery and computers do not need to be paid a salary like humans. This makes them extremely cost-effective for manufacturers, especially in the long run. Because of this, the increased demand for workers specializing in computer science grew. In 2019, there was a recorded 15% increase for computer scientists. The only expenses needed for machines are their installment as well as maintenance, which is by far much cheaper than its counterpart, humans, which require much more, such as a salary, breaks, and sometimes insurance. A great task that machinery also excels in fairly well then by human hand is precision. As an example, a large company such as Campbell’s Soup invested over 3. 3 million USD in 2003 to upgrade their production machinery and software and control systems in their newer facilities. A machine can precisely fill and seal each can to look and weigh exactly the same as the last, and to test the product, someone will only need to test the quality of just one can. It’s a simple answer for companies to opt-out of using machinery to reduce the cost needed to pay workers and also increase productivity to improve their business. The result of this is manufacturers buying a lot of machinery to minimize their need for human labor, leaving several people in need of employment because they have just been replaced by a machine. Because of this, there has been a very large change in where our money goes in recent decades. The surged use of machinery has not only reduced the need for human labor but has also created a change in capitalism. Companies are now purchasing machines rather than paying people to work because it is far more profitable for them. Bigger manufacturers may also be investing more into technology and software companies, so those in the software manufacturing industries will see a rise in demand. As these companies are gaining more and more money from these machines, potential workers will get poorer because they have no income, and more jobs will become obsolete. For example, the need for horseback trainers has significantly decreased because there really is no need to ride horses now. These machines have seemed to take thousands of dollars away from workers and placed right into the owner’s pockets. In the end, the rich get richer while others can’t get a stable income. Machines are taking over the industries, but they will never make a full replacement of all of our jobs. Although it seems that machines will take over all of our careers in the future, there are thankfully some disadvantages to using machines over the human hand. The main trait that a human has that machines cannot gain is common sense. Jobs based on negotiation and strategy, such as lawyers and judges, just cannot be performed by a robot. The legal system needs people who can refer to laws and decide on their own whether an action is just or not towards the client. Politicians are also difficult jobs to replace with a robot. Countries governed by machines just seem like a story out of a dystopian novel. Emotion and common sense are vital in politics, so having a robot that has no emotion or empathy would be cruel to have one act as a politician. Surprisingly, teachers are also vitally important to be humans as well, because they are able to understand the needs of students as individuals, and it is also easier for people to learn directly from human knowledge. In the future, machines will probably end up taking most of our jobs today, but there will always be new jobs created that only a human could take, as well as ones that only a human could have. The use of machinery and technology has rapidly increased in the past few years, creating an easier and more efficient solution for manufacturers. Because of this, it has led to a decrease in the demand for human labor and a booming market for the software manufacturing industry. It also causes many people to become uncomfortable and less productive about their work. Machinery shows a fast and effective advantage compared to the human hand, which leads them to replace several people’s jobs.