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Something that can become a problem with technology is machines taking jobs. People are constantly trying to make the next tool that makes life easier. People are becoming lazier and lazier and want the easy way out of everything. It’s frustrating to see how much people are starting to rely on technology to get things done for them.

The revolution of the assembly line showed that machines will start to take over some jobs. People were hand making everything and jobs took a lot more time. Now people are turning on machines that do the entire job for them. Yes, technology helps get jobs done faster and to get some task completed you need technology. If it keeps evolving how far will it go? You also see machines taking over jobs in grocery stores. Before there would only be cashiers now you have a few self-checkout registers. These self-checkout registers could be other cash registers with people working them. At some point in time the number of self-checkouts could increase and grocery stores could be filled with only self-checkout registers.

An article form nbcnews.com talked about nine jobs that could be taken over by robots in the future, one being lawyers. The thought is that a robot could do the work in less time and less cost. ( Aquino) This type of job could not be taken over by robots. A robot cannot think for itself so it would have to be programmed to work in a certain way which could lead to people being inadequately represented in a case. I would hate to see people get thrown in jail because a robot wasn’t programmed to handle a certain cases. Other jobs that could be taken over by robots according to the article are pharmacists, drivers, babysitters, astronauts, store clerks, soldiers, rescuers, and reporters. Having all these jobs taken over by robots would result in thousands maybe even millions of people in the world to lose jobs.

Aquino, Judith. "Nine Jobs That Humans May Lose to Robots." Nbcnews.com. Business Insider Inc., 2012. Web. 12 Nov. 2012.