Tech & Employment Humans vs. Machines By: Kaila Mayho,Javier Hernandez, Richard Thome

Introduction Race Against The Machines What will humans do now?

Race Against The Machines Autonomous Economy Partial Automation Automation of a single routine task of an occupation Complete Automation Automation of many single routine task that encompasses an entire occupation, thus making an existing occupation obsolete

Partial Automation Post office Cashiers Phone operators Talk about how technology has replaced jobs over time Is technology taking over jobs or increasing the amount of jobs out there? Post office Mail being delivered mostly email or paperless something someone may not have noticed Farmers work Cashier vs self checkout (grocery stores, libraries, etc) printing/printers Phone operators (harder to reach a person) Bank tellers giving more functions to atms Then it makes you wonder what would you trust more a human or a machine? Computers are replacing the physical work

Complete Automaton Tv job examples Laverne & Shirley (1976-1983) Roseanne (1988-1997) I Love Lucy (1951 - 1957) Laverne & Shirley Bottlecap workers - Roseanne - plastics - i love lucy chocolate worker Repetitive tasks vs. higher jobs Javier will explain about the race against the machine shows examples: Roseanne, I love Lucy, Laverne & Shirley (1976) bottlecappers Affects the families talk about Roseanne

The Great Decoupling Brynjolfsson & McAfee Decoupling A state where productivity no longer correlates with “x” amount of labor needed to produce “x” number of items or services

Arguments against Decoupling Automation is not responsible but rather globalization Trade Deals Recessions Offshoring Automation actually increases Jobs Partial Automation does not lead to job loss, only improves worker productivity Complete Automation only results is occupation substitution

Wealth Inequality David Autor states that the trend is part of the progress Entrepreneurs will create new opportunities Job growth will meet demand Brynjolfsson & McAfee The transition is the real danger James Bessen Companies require skilled workers

Source: Labour Force Survey

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, DOE (college costs); Department of Labor (minimum wage)

Lifeboat Analogy, do we “Let them eat cake”? How can we handle the ever-increasing demand for educated technologists with ever-decreasing affordability of education? Low Income for Majority & High Cost for Education -> Majority cannot afford education B) Majority of jobs require education & Majority cannot afford education -> Majority of jobs cannot be obtained by majority of people

Basic Income: What to do when humans are unemployable? When computers have eliminated enough jobs to create unemployment rates above 50%, how can we reconcile the model of our current free market economy with the majority of humans having no income? No Income for Consumers -> No Purchasing Power -> No Products Purchased -> No Income for Producers Universal Basic Income is seen as a necessity of many leaders in the technology sector Mention education

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Works Cited How Technology is Reducing job growth https://www.technologyreview.com/s/515926/how-technology-is-destroying-jobs/ Humans Need Not Apply https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU How is Technology destroying jobs Technology become us http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-hughes/technology-becomes-us-the_b_9732166.html

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