workers replaced by machines theme
We are asked to what extent we should fear and, perhaps, oppose the replacement of workers by machines. The day when this definition is written by a computer may not be far off.
Examples
McCoy moaned about the M-5 multitronic unit (a computer) taking everyone's jobs in tos2x24 "The Ultimate Computer".
16 total · 2 choice · 4 major · 10 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tos2x24 | choice | the M-5 computer takes everybody's job |
| tz1959e5x33 | choice | Mr. Whipple wanted to replace tens of thousands of workers with an "X109B14 modified transistorized totally automatic assembly machine". |
| movie: Algol: Tragedy of Power (1920) | major | coal miners feared Robert Herne's bio-factory power would put them all out of work |
| movie: Loss of Sensation (1935) | major | Jim Ripl invents universal robots to help workers, but the workers fear the robots will take their jobs. |
| movie: The Man in the White Suit (1951) | major | Textile workers and factory owners conspired to suppress Sidney Stratton's everlasting fabric because it was going to crash the fabric market and put them all out of work. |
| rh2012e1x07 | major | The warehouse workers were being paired with Hubot trainees, presumably with the idea that the Hubots would ultimately take over their jobs. Roger flew into a rage and beat his Hubot trainee senseless with a golf club. |
| ahh3x27 | minor | Alfred Hitchcock was conspicuously absent the closing section, having been replaced by a robot actor. |
| ds95x16 | minor | whether would doctors be replaced by machines was discussed initially |
| ent4x10 | minor | Archer joked to Dr. Emory Erickson that the doctor was trying to put him out of a job. |
| futurama7x07 | minor | Hermes was replaced by a robot. |