Are Robots taking our jobs?

Are Robots taking our jobs?

This is a TED talk with Andrew McAfee;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMF-Z74C1QE (14 minute video)

Every new factory that opens up is full to the brim with automated Robots that make every product under the Sun. But for each new Robot that makes a new product, this takes the jobs of three people. Right now today there are millions of Robots making millions of products.

Are the Robots making everybody unemployed?
Are they taking our jobs?
Maybe its a good thing, maybe we don't want to work as slaves on factory lines?

Watch the robots taking YOUR job;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkNVhtOCcrE

John.
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this takes the jobs of three people

this takes the jobs of three people

Bit optimistic there aren't you. If you do the figures of machine working 24/7/365 and people doing 35/week then there needs to be a min of 5 people working. And that assumes the people work for every one of the 35 hours and is not sick or want holidays etc. etc.

So I would say "this takes the jobs of seven people"

But you would need 7 robot maintenance, repair people at a higher rate of pay.

this takes the jobs of three people

Bit optimistic there aren't you. If you do the figures of machine working 24/7/365 and people doing 35/week then there needs to be a min of 5 people working. And that assumes the people work for every one of the 35 hours and is not sick or want holidays etc. etc.

So I would say "this takes the jobs of seven people"

But you would need 7 robot maintenance, repair people at a higher rate of pay.

WinterKnight,
I was being conservative. But your right. Robots don't get sick, they don't get hangovers, they don't complain, they won't sue you if their parts break, and they don't want redundancy payment when your finished with them. In fact, when your finished with the robot, your can sell it on. And as you say, they work 24/7/365 and never back answer you.

So 1 robot does the work of many people. Why would anyone employ a human being? If you hire humans, your just drawing trouble on yourself.

John.

Yes robots are taking over the more mundane and repetitive tasks. That leaves Man to concentrate on designing better robots! How much more do you think your family car would cost you if it was all built by hand as in the past? We in the UK had a car industry once that was the envy of the world, the trade unions destroyed it. If we had had robots 50 years ago we might have saved Fords at Dagenham.

They are not taking our jobs Johnney, that is an alarmist statement, what they are doing is performing repetitive tasks at a higher quality of output than we can. There will be a long way to go yet before we have robot butlers and maids beloved of sci fi writers.

We have robots at work machineing parts 24/7 Thing is they tried to let the robots run unsupervised. The stupid thing didnt know when to make an offset so it would make many bad parts. They finally took the probes out and now we supervise the robot and make our own offsets.

From what I understand its a program issue. The company didnt want to spend the extra cash for the fully autonomus version.

Like others have said, Somebody has to keep an eye on them and fix them.
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Robots prevent carpal tunnel injuries. They save humans pain and suffering.

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That may well be so Gary, but I think the OP was more generally commenting upon general mechanization taking away human jobs. But even Ford Model T's were built on a production line with mechanical aids.

It's been a complaint throughout history, Luddites, weavers complained about the jacquard loom, farm labourers complained about steam engines, etc etc.

It's been a complaint throughout history, Luddites, weavers complained about the jacquard loom, farm labourers complained about steam engines, etc etc.

The human damage caused by long-term use of short-handled hoes, which required the user to bend over from the waist to reach the ground, and caused permanent, crippling lower back pain to farm workers, resulted in the California Supreme Court declaring the short-handled hoe to be an unsafe hand tool that was banned under California law.[citation needed] The short-handled hoe that Governor Jerry Brown gave to César Chávez in 1975 was displayed in the California Hall of Fame in 2006.

We have, it's called a Government .....

Just wait until machines reproduce themselves... Oh, wait.

Ok, that still takes much human intervention. But wait until they can reproduce by themselves in 100% entirety.
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-Dave #2


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What we need is a machine that does the work of ten men but takes twelve men to operate it.

Just wait until machines reproduce themselves... Oh, wait.

Ok, that still takes much human intervention. But wait until they can reproduce by themselves in 100% entirety.

Just a little more info.

Design World - Success in Industrial Robotics Seen Globally