Challenges In The Robot Invasion By Charlie Gills

Years ago when driving to somewhere new a map had to be used to get there which was more time consuming and taking concentration off the road. Today a GPS is used not only does it get people to where need to be, but it takes the fastest route without traffic, or a route without tolls. Therefore a GPS is more efficient then a person using a map. The article “The Robot Invasion” by Charlie Gills in 2012 was a well written straight forward article about the advancements of technology and how it will affect the future of society. In Gillis informative article he provides information about robots and how they are going to begin taking over the jobs of humans for the soul reason that, robots can do the job faster and better than a human can. Gillis’

At times Gillis seems to be against the idea of robots taking over jobs when he states that billions of people will be out of a job because they have all been replaced by robots. Whereas at other points in the article he seems to like the idea, for example when he talks about how there is time for the adjustment to be made between replacing humans with robots, and how as long as people stay up to date with the advancements none of this will come as a surprise leaving as many humans as possible NOT out of a job. Since the article was written to inform it was not a bias written article. The author chose to show both good and bad sides of robots advancing into a more complex and sophisticated concept. When the author states something good he would often times follow with a downside to the issue, for example robots will do the jobs that humans don’t want to do, the dangerous, dirty, or difficult jobs, but that means that more people around the world be jobless because robots are doing the same job but better. Towards the end of the article Gillis focuses more on the concern of two billion people being out of a job, because robots can complete the same task without needing pay, breaks, health care, or any attention from employers. Gillis Talks to Futurist Frey who states, “It is more like a wakeup call, we are going to be transitioning the jobs we have so