Unit 1 Assignment Problem Analysis

Assignment 1: Problem-Solving & Social Software

1. [20 points] IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM: According to you, what is the problem described in this story. Clearly in one paragraph [100 words maximum] state the problem as you understand it.

The problems Erik Brynjolfsson is trying to reach out to the audience is as machines take on more jobs, many people find themselves without a job or with a delay in finding a job. What I believe is the problem is that more adequate machines replace humans. We have machines that not only help humans but also replace them. If a machine can deliver 10 times as much, it still replaces 9 people completely, and many jobs literally disappeared with auto machines. Future machine/robots will be advanced enough to replace most manual jobs. Our problem is how do we raise employment at the same time as productivity.

that is the ability to improve human intelligence on a global scale

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It is important that we improve human intelligence on a global scale, as machine learning improves. He states that ,“Robots that do factory work or run as fast as a cheetah or leap tall buildings in a single bound. You know, robots are even revolutionizing cat transportation.” This is a great way of showing how fast our technology economy is improving and how quickly it is expanding. Its important that people should stop racing against the machine because its shown statistically how humans are loosing that race. Its important we race with the machines. Another example is when he discusses the conversation with someone about how he doesn't use H&R block anymore, because TurboTax the software does everything that his taxpayer did but cheaper and more accurate for only 39$s. This just shows how Eriks Argument is very strong and how as machines take on more jobs many find themselves without