• Question: Do you think robots will take over all human jobs

    Asked by Dantheman to Ted, S. S., Laura, Kevin, Ellen, Andrea on 6 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Ellen Simmons

      Ellen Simmons answered on 6 Mar 2019:


      Not at all! Humans are so complex and hard to emulate using a machine. Even now we still really struggle to get robots to do what we want them to do. You have to train robots in various ways, so it will be a really long time before we train a robot well enough that it can train robots without any human interference.

      The best way to look at robots is that they can assist and improve our quality of life and work, but they are very unlikely to replace all humans anytime soon.

    • Photo: Andrea Pacheco

      Andrea Pacheco answered on 7 Mar 2019:


      No, robots will help us to perform better our work but not take it over

    • Photo: Ted Burke

      Ted Burke answered on 7 Mar 2019:


      No, I don’t think they’ll replace ALL human jobs. However, they’re already doing a lot of jobs that humans were previously paid to do. That’s going to continue, so that a smaller number of humans can get the same amount of work done. That means that robotics and automation is really going to have an enormous impact on the job market. Jobs that are repetitive and require little expert judgement will either become automated or will suffer from reduced wages due to automation.

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      Kevin OBrien answered on 12 Mar 2019:


      No, I don’t think robot will take over all human jobs, as it would not make sense economically (it would cost too much).
      There are some tasks that are very complex and variable, requiring the dexterity that can only be provided by a human.
      While robot are constantly advancing, and some are very impressive, they are best suited to repetitive and consistent tasks.

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