www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
China / Across America

Want to know who really stole so many US jobs? Ask a robot

(China Daily USA) Updated: 2017-10-09 09:41

During a visit to a Shanghai hospital two weeks ago, I was amazed to see a robot, instead of a human being, dispensing medicine.

And then dining last week in a Cantonese restaurant in Shanghai, I was instructed to place my order by scanning a bar code on a device at the table.

In each case, I wondered how many jobs had been cut due to these new technologies being introduced. But I absolutely have not heard any complaints among the Chinese blaming technology and automation for killing jobs.

A survey released on Oct 4 by the Pew Research Center finds that Americans express more worry than enthusiasm about coming developments in automation - from driverless vehicles to a world in which machines perform many of the jobs currently done by humans.

The survey of 4,135 US adults from May 1-15, finds that many Americans anticipate significant impact from various automation technologies in the course of their lifetime.

Although they expect certain positive outcomes from these developments, their attitudes more frequently reflect worry and concern over the implications of these technologies for society as a whole.

Americans are more than twice as likely to express worry (72 percent) than enthusiasm (33 percent) about a future in which robots and computers are capable of doing many jobs that are currently done by humans, according to the survey.

They are also around three times as likely to express worry (67 percent) than enthusiasm (22 percent) about algorithms that can make hiring decisions without any human-to-human interaction.

By comparison, public views towards driverless vehicles and robot caregivers exhibit more of a balance between worry and enthusiasm.

Also, 76 percent of Americans expect that economic inequality will become much worse if robots and computers are able to perform many of the jobs that are currently done by humans.

A similar share (75 percent) anticipates that the economy will not create many new, better-paying jobs for humans if this scenario becomes a reality. And 64 percent expect that people will have a hard time finding things to do with their lives if forced to compete with robots and computers for jobs.

Concern about the loss of jobs due to automation is apparent. A study by the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State University shows that 85 percent of the 5.6 million manufacturing jobs lost in the US between 2000 and 2010 are attributed to technological change, mostly automation.

This has refuted the rhetoric of US President Donald Trump during his presidential campaign that the US lost manufacturing jobs as a result of trade with China, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Japan and a host of other countries.

"America has lost nearly one-third of its manufacturing jobs since NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) and 50,000 factories since China joined the WTO," Trump said.

While trade may contribute to some job loss, evidence has shown that it is not the major factor, when automation is factored in.

Yet we never hear this side of the story from US politicians, not from Trump or his 2016 contender Hillary Clinton.

What we have seen instead is the Trump administration's executive order to "Hire American and Buy American" as if the basic economic theory of comparative advantage suddenly does not apply to the United States.

That is certainly not true. The US has imposed a much higher cost on its consumers in order to save a limited number of outdated steel jobs.

If the US is so hungry for Third World manufacturing jobs, I guess the Chinese, and probably the Mexicans too, are more than happy to move up the supply chain and adopt more automation while sending those low-tech jobs back to the US.

Contact the writer at chenweihua@chinadailyusa.com.

Highlights
Hot Topics

...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产乱子伦片免费观看中字 | 欧美色黄毛片 | 全部孕妇毛片 | 久久国产一区二区三区 | 午夜爽视频 | 日韩在线视频线视频免费网站 | 女人张开腿让男人桶视频 | 国产成人精品免费视频软件 | 精品九九在线 | 国产大片线上免费看 | 91精品成人免费国产片 | www日本高清视频 | 伊人久久大香线焦综合四虎 | 欧美区一区二区三 | 草草在线影院 | 91成人啪国产啪永久地址 | 亚洲欧美另类视频 | 俄罗斯黄色一级片 | 久久国产精品夜色 | 亚洲国产精品乱码在线观看97 | 欧美一区=区三区 | 在线看片一区 | 中文字幕日韩国产 | 国产成人啪精品视频免费网 | 亚洲精品欧美精品中文字幕 | 日韩高清一区二区 | 国产一级一片免费播放刺激 | www.精品国产| 欧美一级二级毛片视频 | 亚洲精品m在线观看 | 日韩美女一级视频 | 精品一区二区三区波多野结衣 | 欧美成人艳星在线播放 | 国产三级全黄 | 国产精品久久福利网站 | 女bbbbxxxx毛片视频0 | 日本三级全黄三级a | 亚洲午夜精品 | 欧美性毛片大片 | 久久久久久99精品 | 亚洲欧美日韩在线一区二区三区 |