By
Meg Sonata
When
Harvey and his girlfriend Irma are not trashing the American
landscape, the skies fill with unemployment alerts. Jobs in restaurants,
warehouses, and delivery systems are supposedly about to go to robots.
Uber has announced its thrilling conversion to robot drivers. Educators
have been warned that they, too, will soon be replaced by mechanical
substitutes. Sex robots have even popped onto the scene. Meanwhile,
where are the protests over this scandalous development?
landscape, the skies fill with unemployment alerts. Jobs in restaurants,
warehouses, and delivery systems are supposedly about to go to robots.
Uber has announced its thrilling conversion to robot drivers. Educators
have been warned that they, too, will soon be replaced by mechanical
substitutes. Sex robots have even popped onto the scene. Meanwhile,
where are the protests over this scandalous development?
In
the college classroom, I once asked students to vote on these
scenarios. If they were in the hospital, would they prefer to be comforted
by a robot or a human being? If they were choosing supervision for their
children, would they prefer their offspring's guardians to be mechanical
or human? Unfailingly, their hands shot up to indicate their choice to keep
society and civilization within the human domain. So why does the media
now storm us with enthusiastic crusades for robots?
scenarios. If they were in the hospital, would they prefer to be comforted
by a robot or a human being? If they were choosing supervision for their
children, would they prefer their offspring's guardians to be mechanical
or human? Unfailingly, their hands shot up to indicate their choice to keep
society and civilization within the human domain. So why does the media
now storm us with enthusiastic crusades for robots?
Have
unemployment lines suddenly become THE place to be? Is
America recruiting H-1B visa immigrants to stand in unemployment lines
along with their buddies, mechanically replaced American workers? If
mental health experts want a new project, how about this? Can they
discover why anyone would support his/her displacement in their own
lives? No matter how cute a robot may be, it is not YOU! Isn't that point
obvious? So how about campaigning—for such a delightful change—
America recruiting H-1B visa immigrants to stand in unemployment lines
along with their buddies, mechanically replaced American workers? If
mental health experts want a new project, how about this? Can they
discover why anyone would support his/her displacement in their own
lives? No matter how cute a robot may be, it is not YOU! Isn't that point
obvious? So how about campaigning—for such a delightful change—
to keep life
on this extraordinary planet obnoxiously and surprisingly
human?
human?
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