Could Robots Replace Us at Work?
来源: https://www.bbc.co.uk
If you're in a job performing tedious tasks, you might think that a robot could do the work instead.
But perhaps we underestimate how much technology already helps with the activities that we would otherwise have to do.
And as artificial intelligence progresses we might find it replaces us in the workplace altogether.
For now, robotic technology is providing a helping hand for businesses, particularly in manufacturing, assisting humans in performing work more efficiently and sometimes more accurately.
For online shopping, for example, robots have become essential in giant warehouses. They sort and move millions of objects of all different shapes and sizes, although humans are still needed to pick and distribute the goods.
The British government estimates that by 2035, artificial intelligence could add around £630bn to the UK economy.
But there are still tasks that robots can't yet do.
It seems inevitable that robots will eventually be able to do more and more of the jobs that are currently performed by humans, so should we be worried by the rise of the machines?
Some experts fear hundreds of thousands of jobs could disappear as robots replace human workers. A report by the OECD suggests that 14% of jobs are "at high risk of automation" and 32% of jobs could be "radically transformed", with the manufacturing sector at the highest risk.
But as complete automation is some way off, for now we'll have to work side-by-side with our robot colleagues — and manage to get along with them before they learn to kick us out of the door!
译文
如果你正在做一项单调乏味的工作,你可能认为机器人可以替你完成这项工作.
但是,也许我们低估了技术已经能够帮助我们完成那些以前不得不自己做的工作的程度.
随着人工智能的发展,我们发现它完全取代了我们的位置.
目前,机器人技术正在为企业提供帮助,尤其是制造业,它能帮人类更有效、更准确的完成工作.
例如,对网购来说,机器人成为巨型仓库中不可或缺的部分.它们对数百万种不同形状大小的物品进行分类移动,尽管仍然需要人来挑选和分发货物.
英国政府估计,到2035年,人工智能将为英国经济增加约6300亿英镑的收入.
但仍有一些任务是机器人无法完成的.
机器人最终能够完成越来越多目前人类能完成的工作,这是不可避免的,那么我们应该担心机器人的崛起吗?
专家担心,随着机器人取代工作人员,大部分工作岗位会消失,经合组织一份报告显示,14%的工作"面临自动化的高风险",32%的工作“彻底改变",制造业的风险最高.
但是,由于要完全自动化还有一段路要走,因此现在我们必须与机器人同事并肩工作一一在它们把我们赶出去之前和谐相处!
知识点
tedious tasks
乏味的工作；繁琐的任务
artificial intelligence（AI）
人工智能；仿智
a helping hand
援手; 帮助; 支持
online shopping
网购
for example
例如
millions of
成千上万的…，无数的…
hundreds of thousands of
几十万，无数
at risk of
有…危险的；冒……之危险；受到……危险
way off
有很大距离；错得厉害；绝对没戏
get along with
进展;与…和睦相处
kick sb. out of the door
把某人从…赶出去了
technology
n. 科技；技术，工艺
manufacturing
adj. 制造业的
n. 制造业
accurately
adv. 准确地
efficiently
adv. 有效地
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