Business

Is it right for businesses to replace workers with robots?

For

It increases efficiency and lowers production costs.

Against

It leads to job loss and social instability.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • For starters, automation still provides jobs to install, fix and maintain software and robotic systems
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  • Manual labor can be both physically and mentally damaging.
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Against

  • We could end up with an economy that still needs skilled humans but has removed the process that creates them.
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  • If people lose their income, demand for goods and services could collapse, and the whole economy might end up undermining itself.
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