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Image result for nasa computerOver the past hundred years, jobs have slowly switched roles from being solely run by people, to completely taken over by technology. Not only in places where you might expect, such as factories, and production lines, but also jobs such as farming, transportation methods, and even jobs at government agencies such as NASA.

In the past, industrialization was praised. And rightfully so, it made lives easier, taking away the hard manual labor required to create mainstream items. However, now technology is reaching the point in which computers can reach a point of higher efficiency in jobs that require huge calculations. According to an article released by Forbes, “NASA used to employ human computers to calculate flight trajectories that helped get our spaceships into the sky. Today the aggregate computing power of human computing from that era is dwarfed by the device sitting in your pocket”

Artificial Intelligence, also known as “AI” plays a large role in this massive job displacement. Autonomous Vehicles, for example, could soon take over 5 million workers nationwide. 
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(Matousek)


According to Big Think, a study suggests “Nearly 70 million people could lose their jobs to automation by 2030, including U.S. workers in retail, agriculture, manufacturing, and food services.” One project by Amazon called “Amazon Go” is a small shop/ convenience store in which there are no cashiers. People can simply grab what they want and leave, while cameras and sensors track what they took and charge their account.Image result for amazon go
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Though this seems like it would improve productivity when shopping, and speed for the company, If amazon implements this into their now owned Whole Foods, there could be many lost jobs, as Whole Foods employs 91,000 people. There would be some jobs still available, as technology cannot yet stock items and check IDs, however, I can’t see how that wouldn’t be possible in the near future.

Technology is able to take over more simple jobs, ones that don’t take as much common sense or interactions with other humans. Because of this, there will always be jobs that cannot be taken over easily with robots, such as teachers, doctors, and even engineers who create these robots.

Generally, Jobs will be available no matter how much technology is taking over. However, I think people are going to have to be more creative when it comes to choosing a profession.













Works Cited
Dickinson, Kevin. "Top 6 fears about future technology." Big Think, 18 Sept. 2018, beebigthink.com/technology-innovation/fear-future-technology?rebelltitem=7#rebelltitem7. Accessed 15 Nov. 2019.
"Google and NASA Achieve Quantum Supremacy." NASA, 23 Oct. 2019, www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/quantum-supremacy/. Accessed 15 Nov. 2019.
Matousek, Mark. "Almost every single one of the 5,000 Tesla Model 3 owners surveyed by Bloomberg said they would buy the car again." Business Insider, Insider, www.businessinsider.com/tesla-model-3-customers-say-they-would-buy-it-again-2019-11. Accessed 15 Nov. 2019.
Ranter, Paul. "Over 30% of All American Jobs to Be Lost to Automation by 2030, Says New Study." Big Think, 3 Dec. 2017, bigthink.com/paul-ratner/a-new-study-says-a-third-of-all-us-workers-to-be-replaced-with-robots-by-2030. Accessed 15 Nov. 2019.
Sonenshine, Jacob. "Amazon may replace a whole lot of Whole Foods cashiers with robots." New York Post, NYP Holdings , 19 June 2017, nypost.com/2017/06/19/amazon-may-replace-a-whole-lot-of-whole-foods-cashiers-with-robots/. Accessed 15 Nov. 2019.
Statt, Nick. "Amazon's latest cashier-less Go store opens in San Francisco today." Verge, Vox Media, 23 Oct. 2018, www.theverge.com/2018/10/23/18010022/amazon-go-cashier-less-store-san-francisco-location-opens. Accessed 15 Nov. 2019.

"Technology Has Already Taken Over 90% Of The Jobs Humans Used To Do." Forbes, 18 Jan. 2018, www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2018/01/18/technology-has-already-taken-over-90-of-the-jobs-humans-used-to-do/#13386ad1bdd8. Accessed 15 Nov. 2019.

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  1. AnonymousNovember 15, 2019 at 2:28 PM

    Is there any evidence showing that there could be more advanced technology that could take more jobs that aren't manual labor? You had mentioned the shop without cashiers which seems like a leap from farmers. But is there any new technology perhaps in development that would take over more advanced jobs in the future? How does this affect the view that people have on newer technologies?

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  2. Ms. LaClairNovember 18, 2019 at 9:50 PM

    Really nice use of additional information and research. You have a good conversational tone. Do you think there are some jobs that will never feature aspects of automation? Is my job safe?

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    1. AnonymousDecember 12, 2019 at 9:43 AM

      I think that certain jobs, such as jobs that require direct contact with humans. In your case, teachers cannot be replaced any time soon, as it needs common sense that cannot be programmed into robots. Teachers need to understand issues that the students have, which most robots cannot do.

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