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The topic that we bring to the track today seeks to answer a question that many of us
have been asking for a long time.
This question provokes all kinds of emotions, from fear to excitement about the changes
that the future may bring.
The question is, are robots going to steal our jobs?
The answer is yes, they have done it in the past, and they will continue to do so in the
future.
Make sure to subscribe and Stay until the end of this video, as we will give some tips
to avoid being a victim of this trend.
Let's get started!
When did robots start taking jobs away from people?
Well, to answer this, we must first look at the past.
To know if these robots will steal our jobs in the future, we must analyse if they have
already stolen them from us in the past, and the answer is yes.
Specifically, it was in the mid-15th century that Johann Gutenberg invented the modern
printing press.
There are so many jobs that people traditionally did that machines have replaced.
The printing press was an invention that brought about significant changes and even a break
with the status quo of society at the time.
First of all, it left out the scribes, the people who transcribed by hand word by word,
to create a copy of a book.
With the advent of the printing press, these people were displaced into a much more efficient
way of making copies of books and thus spreading knowledge.
This event may even seem funny, as it seems absurd and unthinkable to us today to copy
a book by hand.
Still, scribes constituted a significant workforce at that time, and their replacement ruined
many people.
Moreover, with the automation of book printing, knowledge spread and resulted in abrupt changes
in society.
Which jobs are most endangered with automation?
Manual jobs have traditionally been disappearing due to robots that do these tasks more efficiently.
These jobs do not require critical or analytical analysis and involve moving an object from
one place to another or scanning a code.
With the advance of new technologies, these jobs are disappearing.
Here are some of the sectors that are most in danger of being entirely replaced by machines:
• Transport and logistics: We usually overlook this sector.
Think about it, when you buy something online, you get it delivered to your front door.
You don't see the massive chain of highly complex processes that rely less and less
on human labour.
Warehouse and inventory management, transfers, and final order shipment are already fully
automated in some companies.
• Customer/technical support: Have you ever called... let's say the phone company, and
you have to interact with a machine that sometimes doesn't even understand what you're saying?
I think we all know how annoying this can be; however, the future points to the fact
that, eventually, machines will resolve our incidents more efficiently than humans.
• Bartenders: There are more and more bartender robots every day, such as Barnie, a Swiss
robot capable of making delicious cocktails.
The user orders their mix through an app, and Barnie prepares it in a matter of seconds.
Would you drink a cocktail mixed by Barnie?
I'll read you in the comment section.
• Cashiers: A massive amount of retail shops worldwide are implementing automated checkouts.
This way, you put your products on the counter, scan the barcodes, and pay whatever amount
it shows at the end.
A single worker can operate up to 3 automated checkouts, which saves the stores a lot of
money by having fewer employees.
Which robot is taking more jobs nowadays?
Robots don't need health benefits, holidays, or even sleep.
That makes them very attractive for many meagre skilled or manual jobs as we have just seen.
However, one trend we will see during 2021 is that robots are starting to threaten highly
skilled workers, such as doctors, journalists or librarians.
Let's take a look at some of them.
Robot surgeons The da Vinci technique is a leading technology
in robotic surgery, and since its launch in 2000, it has helped about 3 million people
worldwide.
This robot uses fragile articulated elements that bend, rotate, and give the surgeon vision
and precision to perform delicate manoeuvres.
At the moment, its developers declare that the surgeon entirely controls this device,
but how long do you think it will take until they can replace medical professionals?
Would you like to have surgery performed by Dr Robot?
Let me know your opinion in the comments below.
Robot cooks That is not just a robot; it is a whole cooking
system.
The cooking robot has two incredible robotic arms to mix the ingredients and tenderise
the meat.
It has a food processor because not everybody is willing to have Edward Scissorhands playing
with knives at home.
The advertisements promise that this robot makes food as a human would.
To ensure this, the developers used the movements of professional chefs and "taught them" to
the robot so the robot would repeat their, and I quote, "movements, details and gestures".
Robot shepherds The recent tests on such robots are interesting:
SwagBot manages animals, transports objects, and monitors crops without outside help.
This artificial herder was created by researchers at the University of Sydney and the Australian
Field Robotics Centre to work in remote areas of Australia several hours away from cities.
Farming robots Robot farming solutions are being developed
all over the world.
For example, the open-source FarmBot is designed to keep your garden looking neat.
Their software is entirely free.
The only thing you have to pay for is the hardware, but isn't it worth it to be able
to call yourself the owner of a farming robot in your garden?
Please don't lie to yourself; you know it is.
Artificial intelligence journalist Yes, even a profession as valued and specialized
as journalism is in danger of being replaced by artificial intelligence.
While some of the technology in other robots is still rudimentary, the software for the
AI journalist is preparing to deliver news to humankind.
The natural language-generating software named Quill, created by Narrative Science, is ready
to write original news stories.
And the articles are pretty good.
Do I smell a Pulitzer?
Maybe not yet.
However, it gets the information across efficiently, which is the primary purpose of any news story.
Robot warehouse operators Of course, the tech giants are taking advantage
of this new technology for their operations.
Amazon, for instance, uses more than 45,000 Kiva robots on its premises and will continue
to add more intelligent devices.
Delivery drones There is no disputing that Amazon is attracted
to the idea of using robots.
That's why no one is surprised that they use drones to deliver their packages.
Just imagine sitting outside in the morning, drinking coffee, greeting the day, and accepting
a package delivered by a flying drone.
Someday soon!
Library robots Sometimes, a library needs a vast storage
system and help from robots to manage all the resources.
Nowadays, to fully automate moving, searching, delivering and returning books, it's being
considered to introduce RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag technology.
That should help find books and track their movements automatically.
How do we stop robots from stealing our jobs?
There is controversy about whether robots are going to steal our jobs.
Some experts say yes, others say no.
It is clear that this is an issue that concerns us all, and we shouldn't overlook it.
If we want to have an optimistic point of view, we can think of this: if an automation
bomb finally happens, there will be an increase in the demand for skilled jobs to manage this
robotisation network.
Since we cannot predict the future, we don't know if this will or won't impact our lives.
I can only recommend that you continue training, learn new things, and don't sleep on mechanical
jobs because they will surely disappear someday.
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