This Strong Artificial Intelligence is backed up by copious amounts of data originating
from the patterns and lifestyles of humans.
Ultimately, this data pushes the idea of technology having a ‘self-aware consciousness’ as
they answer our questions in real time, and with a real response.
In turn it begs the question: Can a robot or a piece of technology become human and
will they take our jobs?
Ranging from your smart-phone to that smart-home - It comes to no surprise that in a society
where technology is advancing by the day, the dreaded question does come around as well.
Will robots take our jobs?
In the next eight minutes, we’ll be deep diving into your most asked questions such
as:
What is Artificial Intelligence?
Can a robot become human?
What jobs may be in jeopardy?
So stay strapped in and keep your eyes focused on this video as we get into the nitty gritty
details for what you can expect for the future, especially with the forthcoming of robots
and advanced technology.
With the numerous movies about how advanced technology is these days and the ideas of
how robots will be in the future, there’s no wonder why it poses the additional questions
behind how these robots came to life in the beginning.
In a rapidly advancing world, as humans we need to improve and be better than our previous
generations.
From the use of horses, there was the integration of automobiles.
From the creation of letters, we implemented electronic letters and mobile phones.
Technology is advancing and we can easily tell by comparing our present with our history.
One of the most pivotal advancements is the motion towards making your life ‘smarter’
with the use of technology.
From the smartphones that we use on the daily in the comfort of our hands to that miniature
Google or Alexa that we all have.
These devices are continuously learning from our lifestyles and gathering data as we speak.
All of this backs up the idea of Artificial Intelligence - the use of computers or technology
to understand human intelligence.
In short, the use of technology to understand what sets humans apart from technology.
This idea of having computers aligned with human thought draws the ideas of rationality
and human intelligence.
This type of Artificial Intelligence is further categorized as either ‘Weak Artificial Intelligence’
or ‘Strong Artificial Intelligence.’
Of course, with Weak Artificial Intelligence, the technology itself is trained to conduct
specific tasks like toasting your bread, ironing your clothes or even opening your blinds in
your home.
On the flip side, we have Strong Artificial Intelligence, similar to the voices behind
your Google Home or Alexa as they are able to compute complex requests such as ‘What
is the weather like today?’
or ‘Play that song that has the lyrics “Don’t go breaking my heart.”’
Although it seems like such a natural thing to ask of a computer, these questions further
enhance the intelligence of these Strong Artificial Intelligence robots, as they begin to learn
about how humans think and coincidentally, what makes a human - human.
This Strong Artificial Intelligence is backed up by copious amounts of data originating
from the patterns and lifestyles of humans.
Ultimately, this data pushes the idea of technology having a ‘self-aware consciousness’ as
they answer our questions in real time, and with a real response.
In turn it begs the question: Can a robot or a piece of technology become human and
will they take our jobs?[c]
With the advancement of technology speeding at a rapid rate, it isn’t crazy to think
that robots can become or even replace humans.
There are a multitude of research facilities around the world that are developing ‘human-like’
robots also known as ‘humanoids.’
These humanoids act, look and talk like humans from the immense amount of development over
the past decades.
As crazy as it seems, there are people with vast amounts of research and development budgets
that are trying to create humans by using robots as the foundation.
From these humanoids, a multitude of characteristics are definitely in the mix.
Things like a human’s expression, a human’s style of walking and even a human’s response.
These actions that some people believe that ‘only humans can do,’ are actually being
integrated into these humanoids.
Although it seems insane as to why these humanoids are being created, the benefits are quite
uncanny.
As humans, we need sustenance, we need to eat and drink in order to survive on this
planet.
In turn, we use parts of the planet such as trees for paper, fossil fuels for transportation
and land to farm which unfortunately decreases the longevity of the planet we currently live
on.
Ironically enough, humanoids don’t need this same style of sustenance.
So this would decrease the environmental footprint on Earth and assists in maintaining the longevity
of our planet.
On top of this, a natural human trait is stress and anxiety.
Of course, as humanoids do not have this response system, it is also another benefit towards
the creation of humanoids.
So in essence, these humanoids can work better than humans, think like humans and do not
need the same resources as humans.
To date, the technology isn’t perfect yet - so there’s no reason to think if these
humanoids walk amongst us just yet.
However, it is something we should all be aware about for the future.
Considering that these humanoids require fewer resources, have the same human capabilities
and ultimately are able to advance faster than humans it isn’t illogical to think
about the human race for the future.
Will robots take our jobs?What if that fast food worker was a humanoid?
What if your neighbor is actually a humanoid?
That’d be crazy wouldn’t it?
Now it begs the question we’ve all been waiting for - what industries will most likely
be hit when robots do take over?
It may not be a huge surprise to you - but the most likely impacted industries are those
that are laborious.
Workers in the automotive industry such as welding, assembly lines and painting have
already been motioned towards having robots take over the jobs of the workers themselves.
In these laborious workplaces, humans tend to do the same task over and over again.
Whether someone is welding two pieces of metal together, creating a vehicle from a step by
step process or even painting layered sections of a vehicle.
As these jobs do not require too much manual intervention nor complex human skills, these
jobs will most likely be the first to have robots take over.
Alongside this, by having robots conduct these jobs, it would definitely increase productivity
and decrease the potential for any ‘human error.’
In short, you will be creating the exact same product day in and day out with a much lower
chance of having any errors.
From a manager’s point of view, wouldn’t you want to have a high-quality product made
automatically with very minimal human intervention?
Besides these laborious jobs, as robots are able to compute immense amounts of data instantaneously,
it’s no wonder why they’re being integrated into other industries such as business logistics,
advertising and even marketing.
With these industries, engineers can integrate specific lines of code into a robot to find
out the hidden pattern and ultimately work with this pattern.
From motions as simple as ‘posting at a specific time and day for maximal social coverage’
to those a bit more complex such as the intricate purchases, deliveries and ultimately the customer
experience in a business’ logistics.
At the pin of these motions there would be patterns that the human eye or human brain
may not be able to compute.
Especially considering how complex it is to break down a larger idea into its smaller
parts and into the ultimate ‘ones’ and ‘zeroes.’
So why not use a robot to do these actions for us and could they possibly take our jobs?
Another key industry is transportation - whether it is human transportation in the form of
our Ubers to the interstate deliveries for large amounts of cargo.
Whilst human interaction may be beneficial between humans, most humans prefer not to
interact especially if they’re quite busy with work and late to their next meeting at
another venue.
From here, it would make logical sense to replace the human driver in an Uber or Taxi
with a robot or a self-driving vehicle.
Alongside this, the requirement for cargo to be driven or shipped between states and
jurisdictions will always be there.
Truck drivers will always be naturally fearful of the roads, especially if they have been
driving for hours on end even days on end with very few breaks or rests.
With the integration of robots and self-driving trucks, it eliminates the human requirement
for intervention and rests.
Inevitably, it saves the manager or owner money in the long run as they won’t need
to pay for the human’s wage to drive or rest whilst also decreasing the amount of
time it takes for the cargo to move from point A to point B.
So the proposition of robots taking our jobs could come to life!
As we’re progressing into an automated and technologically savvy society, it isn’t
uncommon to think that your job may be in jeopardy.
Especially in our current time where companies want to save money whilst pushing to exceed
their previous results.
So before you step into that factory, fast food restaurant or even that hand car wash
- think to yourself.
Are they next in line to be replaced by robots?