Blog 5

With the rate that technology is advancing it's no longer as outrageous to assume that machines could become a much more independent tool in the workplace. Not necessarily to say that "robots" will start being hired as employees in the workplace, but less jobs will be necessary with an easy and cheaper way to get work done. Claims of driverless cars are a new advancement that is being anticipated which would mean a lot of hardworking people would be out of jobs if this becomes a real thing. This kind of news opens the way for countless possibilities when it comes to the job market and employment options. It is a practical choice for employers to choose machine work rather than actual human workers since machines are much more productive, calculated, specifically programmed, and void of any kind of human errors besides any miscalculations made by their original designer. Even for jobs such as personal dj's, farming, retail, banking, and so on. This could create lots of potentially dangerous outcomes for people wanting to be employed. Without the need for human work in certain fields, tons will be out of jobs and employment rates will drop a ton. I am no expert on economics but that does not sound like a good alternative especially considering how bad our current job market is doing. It does not seem as though the future will be so bright for a lot of people. The government would probably have to step in and help to provide for the countless people that can't make an income because their job was taken away. Of course this all would be a major advancement if machinery could take on independent jobs without need of human hands but it would also be a huge handicap in its own way.