How To Lose Your Job To A Robot [View all]

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I recently posted video entitled Are Droids Taking Our Jobs? explores the job market and how the recession is affecting workers, as well as robot welfare. As our society progresses, robotics and algorithms are becoming more advanced at an exponential rate. This has been apparent for quite some time. So, are droids really taking our jobs?

In a word, yes. Though, this brings about a much more political issue – job creation. As stated in the video, profits are up, but the job market is not. Both sides of our political system have been preaching about off-shoring jobs. Who is being honest and accurate? I leave to you for debate. The question to ask is: What jobs are we sending overseas? I agree that it is important to have jobs for all, but the wages are lower for two reasons:

1. Corporations are tightening their belts, even with recovering profits.

2. Factory floor jobs are no longer money making positions, like they used to be.