I
have chosen to reflect on Andrew McAfee lecture on "Are droids taking our
jobs ? "
I believe that
all development has both advantages and disadvantages.
Different
industries are affected by this in various ways. If you nowadays go to a
grocery store and want to pay for your groceries you can do it yourself without
a cashiers help. One advantage is that it will be more effective but the
downside is
that the cashiers
will be unusable in the end. There is no need for a librarian to assist at a
library, you can search for your book on the computer and it indicates the
position. If we take SL public transportation as an example. A while ago you
had an inspector who stamped your ticket. The development is on its way to the
stage that
inspectors will
not be needed.
The main issue
with this is that the people that will be most effected by the unemployment
will be people without a higher education, and people that have a physical job
like for example cashiers and inspectors. They will be replaced with computers
and other technologies.
A robot is incapable
to think for itself and need to be monitored, developed and repaired by a
human. That is one of the reasons that people with a higher education, and people
that work in for example the computer and IT industry will always be needed.
To sum it all
together. The goal with development is that it strives to facilitate humanity, reduce cost and efficiency,
which is positive. The development has both advantages and disadvantages. It is
good that technology is being used on nuclear and other dangerous workplaces
but at the same time a lot of people are being replaced and we need to create
new opportunities for them.
