How To Make Americas Robots Great Again

     Whether you like it or not, robots are here and they are here to stay.  From the time they were created, industrial robots have made their way into factories and are making stuff that we use everyday.  But the fact is this: we can't make them go away nor will they go away ever, just because of the advantages they bring, such as not having to pay the robot and the robot can do the work without getting tired.

     Factories are still making a lot of stuff, contrary to whatever Trump says; the US set a new record for production in 2016, with production increased by 85% over 1987, which is an incredible jump.  However, there is a line to pay attention to in the blog I read; Thanks to automation, we now make 85 percent more goods than we did in 1987, but with only two-thirds the number of workers.  This should be frightening to everybody because if we get more done with robots and less people, whats to say our entire workforce will eventually be replaced by robots, based on the sole comparison of robots to production?  Personally I am scared for the future for jobs.

     China is the worlds leading producer of robots.  This only became the fact in 2013, because china invested billions of dollars into the production of robots.  However, China has a new goal (They always do, no racial though)  They want to be the leading producer in robots used for factories, and experts in the field that is generalized into the subject of robotics say that it could be a decade away.  Honestly, I don't care what country leads the world in amount of robots produced, but what does scare me is the competition to do so, and with so many robots on the markets, there could be a dramatic drop in how many people have jobs.  

     According to the article, if the US does not invest heavily into robots, the plan Trump has to resurge the economy will backfire, because we will be buying them from China.  They say that the US needs to embrace the robots to truly get the most out of them, because we have not cried out for them, they will not be as effective in our country.  The reason why China believes putting billions of dollars into robots is that with time, the robots will get better and will be on par with other countries.  

     Some of the difficulties that China has had in trying to grow the robot industry is that the robots that most of the companies are creating are not very good.  Ultimately, China is expected to catch up with Germany and Japan in about 10 years because of the amount of money they are putting into it and that the creators will get better at making them.  I do not think that this would be a great thing for global economies, because there would be a more liquified market to buy the robots from and will ultimately lead them to be cheaper and better, and give other countries the ability to buy more to create more products that those countries can't buy because of the low priced robots.  Too much?
     There are some advantages to robotics in america over china.  One of them is that some of the best people in the business live in america.  America has a nature that allows it to easily build new, huge companies, and we also are ahead in more advanced robotic technology.  Either way, none of these can make our robotics programs grow immensely without the help of funds.  However, is it really the best idea?  Do we need these new robots?  The answer is simply: No.  We don't need these new robots, because we are doing fine as it is.  Don't fix what ain't broke.  How have we survived as a human race and a society before these robots were created?  A saying I like to say is that hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times, and simply we don't need hard times right now.  Yes, another depression is on its way and soon, but it does not need to be hastened by robots.
     Trumps presidential campaign is to bring jobs "back to America."  Yeah, right.  So what he brings all the factories back, so what he brings the jobs "back," so what?  There is nothing that says the companies can't buy more robots, which they will, to save money.  You don't have to give any benefits to the robots that includes health care, dental care, and even retirement funds, which is a less of a headache for the company.  Honestly, a push into the robotic department won't help either.  Yes, it would create jobs in that department, but at the same time eliminate the jobs it created in manual labor departments.  What I think will happen is that these people would then lose a job, live on welfare, then be called on for doing so.  Trump even calls the people on welfare lazy, and with the president having this view, americans would be more outspoken about the topic.  An example would be like the wall on the Mexican border, as even kids in Highschools would not allow their Hispanic classmates into the school forming a "wall" standing side to side.  Any view that the president has will be carried by his respective party, and by looking at the voting statistics, most black and hispanic people voted against Trump giving us the perspective of the lower classes and even the middle class to not like Trump and his views.  Ultimately, there is no way to stop the decrease in jobs, unless the allowance of robots in factories and companies is forbidden entirely.
     Overall, robots just aren't a good thing to society.  There are many people that don't like them for the fact that robotic experts are trying to give the robots AI, which allows them to think for themselves.  Even the creation of jobs by robotics would delete other jobs, and destroy an economy Trump promises to rejuvenate.  In 5 years, we could see the robot as the main employee in EVERY factory in america, and with the way things are going, we could see robots that can walk and run, and be aware of their surroundings.  I mean, look at some of the cars being produced today.  China will probably develop the most robots just on how much money they put into robotics.  Everybody has their own opinion, and theres mine.