Do Robots Take People's Jobs?

For each ten US$16,000/year jobs that robotics takes away from ten poor slobs, it is replaced by one US$160,000/year job for an automation nerd. Who would quibble with such a fair trade-off? Especially since the higher tax bracket siphons off more to the guvmint....

Absolutely true, and those taxes work for social services too.

Yahlasit

Of course they do. That is the purpose of the robot.... to work so that I don't have to. If it were not, why would we build them.

They do not, however, stop people from working, solving problems, and generally getting on with the next area of life that needs human attention, to which there is no end.

Chris

Thankfully robots do take away jobs. I'm speaking about those jobs that involve high risk to life, such as mining, handling of hazardous waste materials, diving to deep ocean depths. Robots present a small threat to replacing humans. Robots usually replace humans on a one-to-one basis, whereas a machine (harvester for example) can replace many humans. Robots free up humans from repetitious tasks resulting in less errors and more productivity. Robotics are a necessity in a technology world.