"Humans will not be replaced by robots very soon" --- yeah right !!!

[BTCappu]

Humans cannot be replaced by robots very soon, because it needs a lot of time to create a perfect robots that can act or work  like a human. There are so many robots that is now already invented but still it cannot replace the human, however there are still a great posibility that in the near future the people can create more accurate robotics to do human task or works.

Also we need to understand that the cost of such robots is not easily affordable for everyone because a waiter charges not even 1-2% per month of what a robot would cost for lifetime. Then there are maintenance cost and someone needs to operate it which is another maintenance cost and if somehow there is a problem in the robot it can mess up everything. Plus humans have a polite attitude in hospitality industry like hotels and robots cannot match that.

Robot cannot even customize itself for certain customers like I visit a particular restaurant because I know they know what I need and I don't have to explain them what I need every time I visit so that is not possible with robots.

[Janation]

I am not afraid of robots replacing humans. The problem is how the people with technology will treat the lower levels of society

Most of them would be replaced by an AI and would find another job, that's pretty much it.

Most of this automation would happen in manufacturing/factories were usually poor people are working. It is obvious that they will be finding new jobs or maybe start one if they can provide for themselves or for their family. I don't think these people would interfere with those people who fired them.

[South Park]

The coronavirus epidemic greatly accelerates the development of remote work as well as all services related to shipment delivery, shopping, food, etc.
Online shopping companies in China are trying to increase the number of unmanned deliveries. By the end of the year, they will release 100 autonomous cars on public roads. And over the next 5 years, they want to increase that number to 100k:

https://www.scmp.com/tech/e-commerce/article/3106588/jdcom-rolls-out-fleet-autonomous-delivery-vans-online-shopping

If the world moves towards automation at such a fast pace, I think in 20 years most of us will not leave our homes at all.

At that point it will fair to ask us how the economy will work? After all for most part of history those that had capital needed the time and skill of their workers and this created civilization as we know it, but if those that have the capital can just buy robots and an AI to do most or all of the work where this leaves the workers? Are we going to have billions of people on their homes doing absolutely nothing? That seems like a bad idea and it will only lead to more erratic behaviour becoming widespread among the population.

[Mahanton]

I am not afraid of robots replacing humans. The problem is how the people with technology will treat the lower levels of society

Most of them would be replaced by an AI and would find another job, that's pretty much it.

Most of this automation would happen in manufacturing/factories were usually poor people are working. It is obvious that they will be finding new jobs or maybe start one if they can provide for themselves or for their family. I don't think these people would interfere with those people who fired them.

Interfere or trying to sue or fight them back?Theres no point and it wont happen yet they do know on whats the capacity or capability on doing things which it will be ending
up useless because they cant just fight back into their rights and theres no other options left but to move on in case that they were remove because they had been replaced
by automation system or robot.This is the sad reality when technology do progress where it do really had its pro's and cons which will really affect human work
but its not really end of all yet there are jobs which do really need to be done by human and not by robots so theres nothing to worry about.

[Cnut237]

Robot cannot even customize itself for certain customers like I visit a particular restaurant because I know they know what I need and I don't have to explain them what I need every time I visit so that is not possible with robots.

There's a difference between automation of physical tasks and automation of mental tasks. You can look at an advanced humanoid robot, like one of the Boston Dynamics creations, and think yes it can walk and run and jump, but it has no mental skills. The thing is, research into the automation of mental tasks doesn't require building a humanoid robot with motor skills... it's a separate thing. There are already extremely advanced automated processes that are customised for individuals, and that are already embedded in everyday life. Log into Amazon and look at your recommendations, for example.

[DeadCoin]

 In my opinion, it's impossible because even the robot is very hard working compare to humans that relaxation is really needed, robots also have a limit to access work together with human control as well, it is useless without human, right? even though a lot of devices and integrated circuits. there are also have more weaknesses constantly depending on the materials used, I think it's all right that probably this is an innovative way to accelerate production and the most offer is suitable to use for a digital age as a system for advance purposes, so meaning it is good working together.

[Ludmilla_rose1995]

"Humans will not be replaced by robots very soon" --- yeah right !!!

What do you mean by replace?

Manufacturing facilities and factories have been handled by robots to a certain extent but these robots are controlled by humans. Human products may be assembled by robots but robots are assembled by humans. 

But, yeah, a great deal of human labor is now displaced thanks to a more efficient robot force in the workplace.

Indeed the reality is like that. Humans who do not have skills will be eliminated and replaced by robots. cruel enough, but this is reality. One of the big companies in my country has laid off as many as 300 people because it already has an automatic production machine. Therefore, we are required to have the skills and talents to compete with industrial robots.

[Yurkov]

The coronavirus epidemic greatly accelerates the development of remote work as well as all services related to shipment delivery, shopping, food, etc.
Online shopping companies in China are trying to increase the number of unmanned deliveries. By the end of the year, they will release 100 autonomous cars on public roads. And over the next 5 years, they want to increase that number to 100k:

https://www.scmp.com/tech/e-commerce/article/3106588/jdcom-rolls-out-fleet-autonomous-delivery-vans-online-shopping

If the world moves towards automation at such a fast pace, I think in 20 years most of us will not leave our homes at all.

At that point it will fair to ask us how the economy will work? After all for most part of history those that had capital needed the time and skill of their workers and this created civilization as we know it, but if those that have the capital can just buy robots and an AI to do most or all of the work where this leaves the workers? Are we going to have billions of people on their homes doing absolutely nothing? That seems like a bad idea and it will only lead to more erratic behaviour becoming widespread among the population.

I don't think the total human population will ever be replaced with robots. Automation will stop at some point. However, it is impossible not to notice that it is progressing and in a few decades there will be very few manual jobs performed by humans.

[Musekay]

In depends on the area you are referring to. Yes we all know that in some areas of work now, humans prefer the results given by robots to that of humans cause it is believed that with robots, there is minimal or no room for errors. But still, humans are the ones that still put this robots together to function at the level they are doing now and also sometimes they might get faulty, and it will still be humans that will work on them.

[Chrystora123]

In depends on the area you are referring to. Yes we all know that in some areas of work now, humans prefer the results given by robots to that of humans cause it is believed that with robots, there is minimal or no room for errors. But still, humans are the ones that still put this robots together to function at the level they are doing now and also sometimes they might get faulty, and it will still be humans that will work on them.

"AI + Robot = Artificial Human"..  in the future Robot will certainly be perfect as shown in the movie "I, Robot".  technological progress will certainly achieve that, and when it is really achieved (possibly next 100 - 200 years) then our role as humans will be replaced, the good thing that we can definitely get from this development is that we don't have to tired work because all jobs have been taken over, we as humans will only get food from the state or other jobs (new types of work)..

[Dsdaq]

The robotics is advancing rapidly and the robots are almost able to act like a normal person. This generates a lot of interest but, obviously, also intimidates the uncertainty. Some experts in the field predict a society where robots and human beings coexist in parallel. Which means it's possible in the nearest future.

[Shakil29]

People are discovering new things in technology day by day. The robot is one of the inventions. Many impossible tasks can be done easily with robots. Many risky jobs are done by robots. Many robots also have artificial intelligence and can talk. But after all, humans create and control robots. So robots will never be able to take the place of humans.

[South Park]

The coronavirus epidemic greatly accelerates the development of remote work as well as all services related to shipment delivery, shopping, food, etc.
Online shopping companies in China are trying to increase the number of unmanned deliveries. By the end of the year, they will release 100 autonomous cars on public roads. And over the next 5 years, they want to increase that number to 100k:

https://www.scmp.com/tech/e-commerce/article/3106588/jdcom-rolls-out-fleet-autonomous-delivery-vans-online-shopping

If the world moves towards automation at such a fast pace, I think in 20 years most of us will not leave our homes at all.

At that point it will fair to ask us how the economy will work? After all for most part of history those that had capital needed the time and skill of their workers and this created civilization as we know it, but if those that have the capital can just buy robots and an AI to do most or all of the work where this leaves the workers? Are we going to have billions of people on their homes doing absolutely nothing? That seems like a bad idea and it will only lead to more erratic behaviour becoming widespread among the population.

I don't think the total human population will ever be replaced with robots. Automation will stop at some point. However, it is impossible not to notice that it is progressing and in a few decades there will be very few manual jobs performed by humans.

We do not really need every single human to be replaced to create a massive disruption, just think of self-driving cars if those become a thing then think of all the people that will become unemployed over the next decade, taxi drivers, uber drivers, truck drivers and all the land transport industry will change overnight because of it and humans will be not needed anymore in that industry, how the economy will absorb all of those people that lost their jobs? And that is only one field, if many other fields are affected we will have to rethink how the economy works or there could be social unrest by the lack of jobs.

[Captain Corporate]

 Automatic manufacturing is not something companies are not doing because they want workers to have their jobs, obviously they will replace us with robots and have been doing that for the past 200 years or so. It wasn't called robots back those days, it was assembly lines and all that made it require less and less people to work on building a whole car, much more for lesser items but it was still automation in production. Same is going on today as well, and will go on forever, the less humans are needed the better for companies, they end up with paying a lot less money for the products compared to workers and robots are not going to make any decision aside from whatever you tell them, like a proper slave as well. Hence we are moving towards fully automated production in the world one day, thats the aim companies have.

[royalfestus]

if we consider 80% performance success rate and human error,at place of work it could be enough to employ machine as replacement but at such time in the world with low employment rate and growing population, it is important by the government to control the use of robots. investment plan can change with the increase in robots around the globe. Real estate, stocks, collectibles and cryptocurrency may not be affected by the growth of robots. 

[South Park]

 Automatic manufacturing is not something companies are not doing because they want workers to have their jobs, obviously they will replace us with robots and have been doing that for the past 200 years or so. It wasn't called robots back those days, it was assembly lines and all that made it require less and less people to work on building a whole car, much more for lesser items but it was still automation in production. Same is going on today as well, and will go on forever, the less humans are needed the better for companies, they end up with paying a lot less money for the products compared to workers and robots are not going to make any decision aside from whatever you tell them, like a proper slave as well. Hence we are moving towards fully automated production in the world one day, thats the aim companies have.

True, but at the same time it is fair to wonder how the economy will work at that point, lets suppose that companies have for the most part gotten their goal of eliminating the need for human employees on most of their production processes, what it is going to happen when 90% of the people are unemployed? Who is going to buy their products? In my opinion we are reaching a very interesting point in history and we are about to face problems we have not faced before and it will be up to the political leaders at the time to figure out how to solve that mess.

[Fortify]

The imagination of some people is hilarious. Yes, robots can replace many of the functions that people are doing and this should be a good thing. As long as politicians are steered towards equally distributing the wealth from this exercise, then people will have more free time to enjoy and actually do pleasurable things in life. If a robot can pack 100 items an hour to ship off online orders, that frees the person up to do something more rewarding -like caring for animals or looking after the environment. Many people fear not having a job to go to each day and that is understandable if you have rent to pay, but what if society adjusted completely and your "rent" could be covered by a universal basic income instead. Then you could *choose* to work if you wanted and supplement that amount, but you could live a basic life without work if you wanted.

[Ucy]

 Automatic manufacturing is not something companies are not doing because they want workers to have their jobs, obviously they will replace us with robots and have been doing that for the past 200 years or so. It wasn't called robots back those days, it was assembly lines and all that made it require less and less people to work on building a whole car, much more for lesser items but it was still automation in production. Same is going on today as well, and will go on forever, the less humans are needed the better for companies, they end up with paying a lot less money for the products compared to workers and robots are not going to make any decision aside from whatever you tell them, like a proper slave as well. Hence we are moving towards fully automated production in the world one day, thats the aim companies have.

True, but at the same time it is fair to wonder how the economy will work at that point, lets suppose that companies have for the most part gotten their goal of eliminating the need for human employees on most of their production processes, what it is going to happen when 90% of the people are unemployed? Who is going to buy their products? In my opinion we are reaching a very interesting point in history and we are about to face problems we have not faced before and it will be up to the political leaders at the time to figure out how to solve that mess.

I think part of their plans is to pay the unemployed Universal Basic Income and probably get them to do anything they want. I do not think it's a good idea to pay able-bodied people lots of money while they do nothing. Everyone has to work and help the society in one way or another before getting paid enough. Though Basic needs to help people survive could be given & guaranteed even if they are not working, but you'll have to make sure that they eventually start working and contributing to society.

 Everyone has unique gifts/talents that robot or AI cannot replace. If you could identify the talents/gifts and get everyone to use them for the good of the society, then I don't see the robots/AI ever replacing humans in the area of employment. Humans could work hand in hand with the good ones though, and even monitor/control them.

[Sterbens]

Perhaps not yet the time for robots to replace humans in any sector, but as we know, in some big companies such as an electronic company, car manufacturer and company, and others already use a robot to help humans work. That company realizes that the robot can help them to produce a better product with accuracy and perfect, so we can see that in the market, many products available with good conditions.

Perhaps, robots will replace human works in the future when technology develops more than now. And we will see something different from what we watched in the movie. But that year still not predictable since many scientists still create a better technology to help humans.

didn't this already happen? everything has been run by robots. okay I would say the definition of a robot is a set of electronic / mechanical devices capable of performing physical and non-physical tasks. by this definition we already know whether it is a human controlled task or it is designed and programmed.
Now even simpler, can the cellphone that you hold be called a robot? is the computer in your home also called a robot?
not all electronic and fall into the category of robots.
it's just that our view of robots is often synonymous with human-like electronic devices.

I still don't agree that the position of humans in the world is being replaced by robots. what I agree with is replacing the role of doing human tasks, or helping to facilitate work that was initially difficult for humans to do, then assisted with robotic tools.

[istiak2277]

"Humans will not be replaced by robots very soon" --- yeah right !!!

Mof...kers did you watch the video on youtube with Atlas doing parkour ? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sBBaNYex3E


Skynet is coming !!! Arm yourself's.

It won't the way it shows in that video but human labor will be reduced and machines will take its place. That process already has begun and humans now looking for a better profession that is related to science and technology. It looks like all the human efforts now go to doing research and discovering new things.