Better Than Human: Why Robots will – And Must – Take Our Jobs In Kevin Kelly's essay, "Better Than Human: Why Robots will – And Must – Take Our Jobs", he reveals why humans should let robots take their jobs and how to develop more exciting jobs to do. He shows the readers how robotic technology will have a positive impact on our society. In the essay, Kelly discusses the effect that we, the humans, will experience due to the loss of jobs to robots, what new jobs will be created because of robotic technology, and the resulting relationship between humans and robots.
Kelly states, that in today's workforce, about 70 percent of careers will likely be taken over by robots. With that percentage, any job might be replaced by automation. This is not the first time we have seen a similar pattern. Two centuries ago, we humans experienced the industrial revolution. The American farmer replaced the work that had previously been done by humans or animals with machines, but this made little difference in the workforce. Those who once were farmers were now engaged in many different careers.
He explains to us how the robot replacement will happen and what the benefits are. When new jobs are first created only humans can perform the jobs accurately. However, overtime robots are able to accomplish …show more content…
Furthermore, Kelly says "We're at the inflection point." (301) A robot named Baxter, designed by former MIT professor Rodney Brooks who invented the best-selling Roomba vacuum cleaner, shows how "machines are acquiring smarts." (301) He also states that Baxter is different from other robots because Baxter can work safely around humans, is easy to program by anyone, and is cheap. The author says "everyone will have access to a personal robot", but only those who innovate will be
Kelly states, that in today's workforce, about 70 percent of careers will likely be taken over by robots. With that percentage, any job might be replaced by automation. This is not the first time we have seen a similar pattern. Two centuries ago, we humans experienced the industrial revolution. The American farmer replaced the work that had previously been done by humans or animals with machines, but this made little difference in the workforce. Those who once were farmers were now engaged in many different careers.
He explains to us how the robot replacement will happen and what the benefits are. When new jobs are first created only humans can perform the jobs accurately. However, overtime robots are able to accomplish …show more content…
Furthermore, Kelly says "We're at the inflection point." (301) A robot named Baxter, designed by former MIT professor Rodney Brooks who invented the best-selling Roomba vacuum cleaner, shows how "machines are acquiring smarts." (301) He also states that Baxter is different from other robots because Baxter can work safely around humans, is easy to program by anyone, and is cheap. The author says "everyone will have access to a personal robot", but only those who innovate will be