Robots are taking over the workforce. This is a common belief by many and hence has driven people away from blue collar jobs in fear of the job being gone in the long run.
From the words of Dan Shewman, writer and aficionado of technology, Robots are taking over our work force. The trend of technology and robotics is changing our whole economy and the way people live. In an article in the Guardian, they say the field of robotics is said to be “the most profoundly disruptive technological shift since the industrial revolution.” It is not doubt that robots are going to be crucial to our workforce; however, I don’t think that as a workforce we are ready for it. Policy makers must prepare the workforce for the changes that are occurring by introducing young people to STEM education.
Robotics has the potential to save companies, billions of dollars. One example of this is Fastbreak robotics. On average a 2 bricklayers can lay 1000 bricks in a day's worth of a work. Fast Bricks robotics developed a robot that can lay 1000 bricks in an hour. Not only is it saving companies time but it also if perfecting the task. Robots have the ability to do our work faster and more precise.
Robotics has the potential to save companies, billions of dollars. One example of this is Fastbreak robotics. On average a 2 bricklayers can lay 1000 bricks in a day's worth of a work. Fast Bricks robotics developed a robot that can lay 1000 bricks in an hour. Not only is it saving companies time but it also if perfecting the task. Robots have the ability to do our work faster and more precise.
One can notice that the is trend is wiping out jobs. By 2020, an estimated 5 million jobs across 15 developed nations will be lost. This can leave countries and people in chaos trying to find work. This adds to the idea that we are not ready for this radical change in our workforce. People argue that it will create more jobs in engineering and coding but it is not nearly at the rate we are losing jobs.
Much of the future is decided in the fate of President Trump. Obama saw the change happening and did a lot to help combat the loss of work. For example, he brought STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education to the US. 31 states even introduced computer science as a required course in schools. Obama also hosted an annual science fair for young individuals to show off what they had learned in the field of STEM. Unfortunately, Trump has already decided to remove the science fair.
If we hope and want to combat this rapid change of our workforce and disappearance of blue collar jobs, we need to be graduating more and more engineers. We graduated 568,000 STEM graduates last year. Those numbers have to keep growing if we want to help those who have worked in blue collar jobs.
Future Research Question: Why robotics won't take away millions jobs?
