Why do some people fear intelligent computers could replace people?

Answer 1

Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, progress not only provided a lot of jobs but people started to fear the machine that it would eventually take away jobs. Upon automation of tasks, first used by Henry Ford, people's jobs started to become mundane. Instead of specialization of a project, it became specialization of one task of an entire process. For example, someone who specialized to be a Blacksmith now only may place rivets in a horse shoe. These mundane jobs required less education. The riveting of of a horse shoe may take a half an hour. With more advanced technology, the machine now may now do it in less than a minute or even in seconds. This task is no longer needed. With the lack of education, this worker has limited choices as where to work now. Since the beginning of the technological age of computers, even more people feared losing their jobs who may have a higher degree in education. In the United States, most of the mundane jobs have gone overseas where the price of the product is cheaper. Americans fear more the jobs going overseas is than the jobs taken over by computers. The answer to intelligent computers replacing human beings is a fear to those who are not educated or are majoring in courses that may have been good prior to the technological age but not now. Computers or even Robots will never completely replace people.