tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458209304128232367.post1340136266807407239..comments2023-11-02T08:44:12.524-07:00Comments on China Economics Blog: Robots to replace the "unskilled"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08649345297844206449noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458209304128232367.post-82181268470054164062008-09-17T01:23:00.000-07:002008-09-17T01:23:00.000-07:00Good comment JCA. You are showing some of the int...Good comment JCA. You are showing some of the intuition required by an economist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458209304128232367.post-84853077111028655922008-09-16T18:38:00.000-07:002008-09-16T18:38:00.000-07:00I love the idea of robots replacing workers in any...I love the idea of robots replacing workers in any situation as long as the gain in money is fairly distributed across mankind. If it is not, than rich get richer and poor get poorer. But even if we do distribute this money, we will eventually run out of materials while we continue to junk up the Earth. I am an upcomming economist, so I definately understand the way our economy works...but the fact is...that we will continue to dig holes in the Earth to gain resources ...but we will eventually start going back in time as we start running out of resources...until...<BR/><BR/>the rate of resources used up by the earth = the rate of resources that are replenished by the earth<BR/><BR/>...and we can add or subtract from either side of the equation to help our Earth stay in an environtmental friendly equilibrium...that is how mankind will last the longest and continue to prosper. So we should work on balancing the equation before one side gets too large to where there is no going back...(global warming etc..)...distribution of income is our largest problem here in the US. All the decision makers are rich and don't want to loose their money. They only care about themselves and keeping people stuck in this stupid trap. I am in college and have never tried as hard or competed as hard just to find out that I have made it this far and I may be managing a factory one day, driving people to struggle harder, getting $30,000 a year for my 23 years of scholarly workmanship. That is bull. That is why I am a fan of Robots and distribution of income of robots...JUST BALANCE THE EQUATION (increasing both sides equally is fine too).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458209304128232367.post-24195914350162123292008-04-26T01:50:00.000-07:002008-04-26T01:50:00.000-07:00Thanks for the comment Bill. Your fears are those...Thanks for the comment Bill. Your fears are those that all low skilled and third world countries must face up to. It demonstrates the importance of education and acquiring human capital.<BR/><BR/>However, I suspect that robot carers for the elderly and children are not as good (and clearly not as caring) as another humnan.<BR/><BR/>What sort of adults will we have that have been bought up by robots?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458209304128232367.post-49808692169289280482008-04-25T18:14:00.000-07:002008-04-25T18:14:00.000-07:00It is one thing to replace service workers with ro...It is one thing to replace service workers with robots. We all know that robots are doing a lot of the manufacturing in US, Europe and Japan. But mostly on high value added steps, because of the cost of robots, and the process to deploy them - training, maintenance, etc. What if the cost are lowered through mass utilization ? Will robots become the low cost producers even for low valued added steps and goods ? What will happen to the manufacturing industry in the third world ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com