Than Hum Why Robots Will-And Must-Take Our Jobs By Kevin Kelly

Better Than Human Summary In recent years, people are becoming more concerned about the increasing growth of robots taking over all of our jobs. The essay, “Better Than Human: Why Robots Will-and Must- Take Our Jobs”, by Kevin Kelly, is about how robots will eventually fill all of the jobs meant for human and what we can do about it. Kelly wants to prove that it is inevitable and that robots are more likely to benefit us rather than to defeat us. Kelly introduces his essay by making a brief summary on how automation has started and he describe how they are influential. He mentions a statistical data that two years ago, “70 percent of American workers had lived on the farm… and Automation has eliminated all but 1 percent of their jobs.” Through this data, Kelly notices that pattern will eventually continue in the future. He continues to predict that 70 percent of today’s occupation will be replaced by automation. With the use of an alerting tone, he tells the readers directly that “robot replacement is just a matter of time” and “…will touch all jobs”, as if he is trying to scare the readers.

He first mentions that after machines finish replacing assembly line workers, it will replace blue-collar jobs like warehouse workers, truckers, janitors. He describes how machines are better workers because of their speed, strength and tireless compared to humans. Then, he explains again how machines will eventually continue to make their way into White-collar workers, doctors, lawyers and even reporters. He concluded the paragraph by saying “The robot takeover will be epic. And it has already begun.” To make a little morbid humor about