These types of questions have appeared many times in every era of the technological and industrial revolution, the period of accelerating technological development. These types of questions have already appeared in the periods of increasing the scale of objectification, arming technical human labor, from when the processes of manufacturing goods in manufactories transformed into mass production. This was the case during the Industrial Revolution of the XIX century, when the invention of a steam engine significantly accelerated the development of industry and mass production. Then, the introduction of tape production in various branches of mass production in the early twentieth century. In the second half of the twentieth century, ie in the era of subsequent stages of mechanization, automation, then the computerization of the production of many mass goods, this question appears again. Through these periods of technological progress, national economies have been transforming structurally from agricultural, industrial to modern-day domination of services. At the same time, the importance of new generation factors, which include information, technology, entrepreneurship and innovation, was gradually growing. Some branches of industry were shrinking, others were growing in the whole production of goods in the economy. At the same time, new professions, professions and specializations of human work were created, related to information, IT, analytical and technological services related to the development of new fields of knowledge and technology. So the earlier fears about the lack of work for people in connection with the technical progress that took place over the last several hundred years turned out to be essentially exaggerated. However, currently the same questions reappear: Can the development of robotization and computerization cause a significant rise in unemployment in the future? If such questions arise, then we are dealing with another era of technical progress or another technological revolution. The attributes of this revolution are also increasingly added to the development of new online media, computerized computing techniques, artificial intelligence, machine learning, Big Data, etc. in the applications of such areas of knowledge and science as biotechnology, metrology, ecology, energy, communication, medicine and many other fields of life science and new tech. In connection with the above, please answer the question: Can the development of robotization and computerization cause a significant increase in unemployment in the future?
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The problem is not technological and scientific progress but the barbaric unfair and egocentric usage of its immense possibilities in the name of profit maximization ,regardless of the effects it has on fellow human beings globallyi.in a good society,this kind of progress should be accompanied with measures to protect the weakest,reeducate the people who loose their jobs and need new ones .and distribute the financial benefits not only to the entrepreneurs but some part to society as whole
Technological innovation has come to reduce undue stress at work. Human beings should rather embrace technology and stop bordering themselves about unemployment which can be reduced through entrepreneurial development especially in less developed economy.
My answer is yes but is not a issue, is an important question. Important question ever present and representing a focus necessity (which future?) in period of accelerating techs & events. The concept of human labor have to be revised ? yes; as in all the historical period (inventions&usage of fire, horse, iron, huge stones, water channels, ships, beer, steam,…..). Is a problem of mechanization ? no (product lines in manufacturing available). Automation ? no (robot everywhere for your support). Computerization? may be but yet coverage by the Moore rule. IT ? may be, but framework, interconnectivity and high speed of infrastructure may be greatly helpful to require less people than expected (IOT). New professions are needed, but the focal point consists of, which is the competences mainly nedded? The specializations of human work has to be changed in specialization of human being astonished of the misterious richness and beauty around us. So astonished to work and act differently, activity becomes creation, everyday process might be innovated. We have to try to search the souls greatness mechanism (propensity, mindset, observation, love, dream, vision, look ) among the humans, i.e. Alessandro Magno, Costantino, Sun Tzu, St. Benedetto, Shakespeare, Mozart, Dante Alighieri, Newton, Einstein, Goedel, Caravaggio, Vasari, Leopardi, Dostoevskij, Watt, Babbage, Von Neumann, Drucker, Jobs. Learn everyday always sitting on the giants shoulders and investigate how we can be great with our ideas having immense resources to exploit o recycle (i.e. internet and trash, low cost tech and low cost travelling). Catch the mechanism of a genius mind (don’t forgot heart and soul) because we don’t have his mind but surely we have the same desire of beauty, perfection, eternity. The greatly desired profile in the teamwork is the fully human problem solver, the visionary, the work philosopher able to take the better (temptative) choice. The agent of the ww community interconnection able to reach and obtain information at the light speed in the web ocean, able to reach the right contacts or disciplines (see Nexus theorem).Mankind history shows that the old jobs are (sooner or later) disappearing and the unemployment is always possible but, if people conceive themselves as innovators, creative and resilience, the loss of necessity in an area (i.e. services, manufacturing,…) due to the tech arising, it won’t be the cause loss of richness in the planet human community because we can substitute a software programmer but not a visionary. A visionary can provide a box a bottle a chair, a car, a can, a pen, a shirt, a water pipe all with recycled process so beauty to become fashion and bringing a so high experience to become viral and able to contribute to preserve the planet and driver the richness level better than the previous scenario. We need workers, secretaries, engineers, medical doctors, teachers, taxi drivers, waiters etc that take care of the beauty in their everyday life enough to develop ideas and work differently in a way that creates things whose fund rising may be successful. Mankind has to be prepared in relation to this order of things. The millenium by now began and the mindsets are changing too slowly.
If such development would be accompanied by greed and selfishness (which is usual, unfortunately), then definitely there will be an increase in unemployment. All technology development accompanied by ethics shall ensure development to humanity, including effective employment (as new business shall be born as mentioned in question and answers ).
Yes it will definitely bring about job losses (rising unemployment) and the worst heat will be the less developed countries where population surges by the day. Such transformations had always left a lot of people unemployed and throws them deeper into abject poverty and hunger. Ironically, these countries adopt such transformation without much considerations to the peculiarities of their economy and such results to uncontrollable level of crime in the land and it equally occasions mass migrations to the developed countries often tagged as " search for greener pastures". Not being against such transformation in its entirety, rather my opinion is that such should be applied with caution in economies where it may not be the best option. Countries should consider the peculiar nature of its economy rather-than blind adoption and application of such transformation that will generate unpleasant and negative consequences at the longrun.
I don't think the robotization will directly cause large scale of unemployment. In the meantime, maintain stable employment are getting much more difficult than ever. AI will handle almost all the routine works. Besides, people should focus on short-term creative jobs. Middle class would meet more and more challenges to make their decent living.
Yes they are mostly responsible for less employment but its not the problem for highly skillfull candidates to get good job. After all automation in terms of robotization and computerisation will be implemented and controlled by skillfull employee for better growth of the company.
Hi, i guess yes it will but not for all jobs , i think that only where we need precision , endurance or in militery domain , automated tasks that need effors , where safty of humain is compromized. Also humain being will have the oporunity to do other things.....
Paul: Yes, technology can replace some workers. However, these are mostly unskilled workers. This process will force the unskilled labor to seek skill training and education.
One job during technology development will be created, one disappear or will be replaced by technology and only a few will be performed by a human which special training, qualifications or spiritual assets which combination is so unique than no artificial intelligence can replace it. I agree with Stella TOYOSI Durowoju that nowadays we are focused on single problems rather than the whole transformation of the economy from anthropocentric to ecocentric, as proposed Dikeos Mario Soumpasis to protect the weakest, but I should stress also protection of the weakest, defenceless and vulnerable basis of our economy and life - the nature.
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