Sociology (China Wants to Replace Millions of Workers with Robots) –
This article discusses China’s desire to automate manufacturing processes. They
want to replace low-paid workers with machines that will do the same process
more efficiently. The manufacturing sector will be the one that will mostly
benefit from this change. China produces everything and having automated
machines work efficiently without even a need for sleep, it is evident that
China will become one of the largest if not the largest manufacturing powers.
After reading the article some advantages as well as some disadvantages came to
mind. Regarding the advantages, the machines could be calibrated to do some
really sophisticated detail and processes, some which would represent extensive
time and costs if a human carried out the process. Regarding the disadvantages,
maybe robots will replace more jobs than offering more jobs. A machine will
eventually do all these processes done by humans, and the workforce of a
company could be comprised solely machines. Where do does all of the replaced
humans go work now if a machine can do its job quicker and resulting with the
same product? Certainly this replacement will offer different jobs but I do
think it will take away more jobs than provide jobs (1).
Future (Mark Zuckerberg is About to Get a Smart-Home Headache) –
This article is basically a response to what Mark Zuckerberg proposed as his
new years challenge. Zuckerberg looks to create an artificially intelligent
home parallel to Iron Man’s Jarvis. This is a really interesting idea, being
able to interact with your home as if your home were a person would definitely
be something remarkable. We see homes labeled as “smart homes” where a tablet
controls various settings in the house such as temperature, lights, and sound
but nothing in the magnitude of interacting with a home. Interestingly enough,
this article states Zuckerberg will have a tough time with this new self
imposed challenge because of the complexity of various devices trying to
communicate with each other, and of course due to glitches. (2)
Network (Cyber-Espionage Case Reveals the Shabby State of Online
Security) – This article comments on a specific case of cyber-espionage
on U.S. Steel where the company claims they stole names for 1,700 servers that
controlled access to the company’s network. Also, U.S. Steel’s vice president
for trade claimed other important company information was stolen such as
business strategies, pricing, among other confidential information.
Cyber-Espionage is something that occurs on a daily basis, definitely not to
the extent of stealing confidential information but for example ads pop up in
websites based on your recent searches. It’s not to the extent of
cyber-espionage but it is still in a certain way accessing your personal
searches and learning what your interests are. There is an interesting solution
to the problem of cyber-espionage that this articles gives and that is
“occasionally go offline”. This creates more work and waste of time but if it
keeps important information safe it might be a good solution. (3)
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http://www.technologyreview.com/news/544201/china-wants-to-replace-millions-of-workers-with-robots/
Comments:
Laura Hill: Overall I seemed to read some similar articles.
In regards to the Network article you read, there was one other solution
proposed in another article, which stated that the only way to keep information
secure from hackers would be to keep it offline. Does PrivaTegrity deal only
with online communications? Also, regarding the article about Smart Home, I
read an article about Mark Zuckerbergs challenge to create a smart home similar
to Iron Man’s Jarvis. It would certainly be remarkable if a global smart home
is created.
Mohammed Alqallaf: Your last statement takes me to the
article I read in which China wants to replace workers with Robots. It is
astonishing how technology evolves to the point where robots are performing
tasks that before only humans were capable of doing. Also, I had the same
thought on how the robot era might affect the job industry. Robots being able
to do processes that are complex in less time than a human will certainly have
a big effect on the job industry.
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