In the Age of AI

 Artificial Intelligence is quickly taking over jobs in America. The rates of job loss because of robots are growing larger and larger as time goes on. The issue is that it is cheaper to pay a robot than to pay a human, this is because you don't have to pay a robot an hourly wage. The robots come with a one-time fee when you purchase them, but over time it pays itself off and basically works for free. The only fee once it is paid off, is the cost of electricity to keep it running. My father works in the robotics industry and one of the new things that companies are doing is building warehouses called light-out warehouses where there are no humans involved at all. The robots don't need to see anything so there is no reason to have lights on in the warehouse because it just costs more money. 

The video explained that most of the job loss is not due to offshoring, it is actually due to robots taking jobs from people. There are many arguments against this because it's causing many problems across America. The video said that the loss of a job due to AI causes a higher risk for cardiovascular disease and suicide. They also said that children whose parents lost their job due to AI were more likely to repeat a grade level. These are all valid arguments but these large companies will do anything to save money. Not only are the robots cheaper they also get things done much quicker. A great industry to get into right now is AI repair because a whole warehouse can shut down if part of the assembly line is down.