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The Future of Work: Robots and Employment
Abrar Shareef Mohammed
Intro to Artificial Intellignc - 202502 - CRN239 - Corapcioglu
Ahmet Corapcioglu
March 04, 2025
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Robotics, together with AI technology, will cause major industry changes, but they
cannot remove the majority of employment positions. The study by Frey and Osborne (2013)
indicates that 47% of US jobs are prone to automation; however it signifies job transformation
while not job elimination. People are moving toward occupations that need creativity alongside
emotional understanding and difficult problem-solving abilities beyond machine capabilities.
These innovative changes in technology are expected to establish new professional positions that
demand contrasting abilities similar to the pattern of earlier industrial developments.
Advantages and Disadvantages
The integration of robotics presents multiple benefits which include productivity
increases along with precise operations coupled with safe working environments since robots
remove personnel from dangerous situations. The implementation of these technologies results in
economic advancement and business market superiority, which leads to potential price
reductions for consumers. Robotic systems deliver performance without variation, leading to
produced goods of consistent quality levels that human operators cannot match.
However, the automation process encounters high implementation expenses, restricted
operational limitations in non-predictable conditions, and labour force adaptation issues.
Automation leads to increased economic disparity because technological owners receive most of
the benefits after transition planning failures and displace workers from their previous positions
(Acemoglu & Restrepo, 2019). Organizational success through implementation fails when
employees react with resistance instead of acceptance of new technologies.
Jobs Suitable and Unsuitable for Robots
Robots demonstrate superior competence in carrying out operations that include
predictable environments and repetitive processes. Standardized operations involving
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manufacturing assembly, warehouse functions, and data extraction, together with basic customer
service, show particular suitability because they operate within defined boundaries with
predictable results. The systematic nature of agricultural operations, along with inventory
management systems, shows high potential for automation since these systems need minimal
adjustments to the environment.
Conversely, Jobs that need emotional intelligence and social and creative skills continue
to demand human professionals for performance. The understanding of emotions, along with
creative idea development and ambiguous environment management that current AI systems
cannot perform, are unique competencies healthcare providers, educators, and creative
professionals and strategists bring to their work. These positions need people who will build
genuine interpersonal bonds and make value-based ethical choices while representing long-term
benefits for human workers during tomorrow's automated labor market expansion.
Justifying Robots in Production
The production environment receives powerful benefits from robots by producing quality
products quickly and accurately at a level that surpasses human capabilities. The system
minimizes resource waste and maintains flawless performance at all times to establish
continuous production. The main advantage robots give manufacturing operations is their ability
to manage dangerous procedures alongside excessive operating conditions or repetitive
sequences that human operators cannot support independently (Parker & Grote, 2019). Extended
equipment lifespan resulting from optimized operations maintains the business value proposition
after basic labor-saving measures have been considered.
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References
Acemoglu, D., & Restrepo, P. (2019). Automation and New Tasks: How technology displaces
and reinstates labor. The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 33(2), 3–30.
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Frey, C. B., & Osborne, M. (2013, September 1). The Future of Employment: How susceptible
are jobs to computerisation? Oxford Martin School.
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Parker, S. K., & Grote, G. (2019). Automation, Algorithms, and Beyond: Why work design
matters more than ever in a digital world. Applied Psychology, 71(4), 1171–1204.
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