CCST9003 – Everyday Computing and the Internet

Disruptive Technologies: More Computers, Less Jobs?

Cheung Chun YuenKwok Yik Hei Howard

Lau Ho FanMak Wing Lok

Wong Man Lok

Societal impact Environmental concerns

Intellectual contributions

Financial and business aspects

Conclusion

Overview

Computer – a tool which reducing our

jobs?

Advantages of using computers

High computing speed Provide us a platform to finish jobs online Easier to communicate with others Save time

Manufacturing sector

Computer is able to deal with complex design

Automation enhance production rate

Manufacturing sector

Factories can reduce the money spent on the workers

Rate of unemployment will increase

Service sector

Computer provides a platform to us for different purposes

E.g. Email, E-learning,

ATM machines, washing machines, etc.

More technology, less jobs?

Jobs were replaced? Jobs

◦ Low-tech◦ Repetitive, etc.

Are replaced by◦ Robots◦ Computers, etc.

Advanced technology = More jobs on specific industries Jobs are created in high-technology sector

◦ Programmers◦ System Analyst◦ IT Consultant◦ Computer Engineers , etc.

Advanced technology = Less jobs in low-tech sector? Lower technical jobs

Job nature◦ Repetitive◦ Replaceable by automated technology◦ Do not need a lot of job experience

Advanced technology = Less jobs in low-tech sector? Some of them will change to

◦ Monitoring robots◦ Quality checking

Labour intensive business Hard to change from the advancing in

technology

Characteristics of the workers◦ Selling or◦ Exchanging the experience to/from their service

buyer

Advanced technology = Easier to get jobs Work without geographical boundaries

E.G. US hired the employers of helpdesk service from South-East Asia

Convenient transportation

Less jobs in short run only

From Intellectual Contributions

More jobs? Less jobs?

What jobs?

Advanced Technology…

Calculations Text Image Sound

Computers

Joseph Leo Birmingham (August 6, 1884 – April 24, 1946) was a baseball player. Birmingham was an infielder who occasionally played the infield for the Cleveland Naps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Birmingham (modified)

Typing without Computer

Joseph Leo Birmingham (August 6, 1884 – April 24, 1946) was a baseball player. Birmingham was an inoutfielder who occasionally played the infield for the Cleveland Naps.

Typing mistake! No delete button.

Typing without Computer

Joseph Leo Birmingham (August 6, 1884 – April 24, 1946) was a baseball player. Birmingham was an outfielder who occasionally played the infield for the Cleveland Naps.

Typing mistake! Type all over again…

Typing without Computer

Joseph Leo Birmingham (August 6, 1884 – April 24, 1946) was a baseball player. Birmingham was an outfielder who occasionally played the infield for the Cleveland Naps

Want a second copy? Type all over again…

Typing without Computer

Characteristics:◦ Typing and printing are separated◦ Electronic (random access) memory◦ More efficient editing and printing

Benefits◦ Less typing◦ More thinking (that is what humans should do!)

Typing with Computer

Thousands of frames Draw one by one

http://www.cooltoons2.com/various/artlessons/advanced.html

Animations without Computers

Use computers to draw Vector graphics

Automatic coloring and lighting High precision Better quality

Animations with Computers

Use computers to animate

Automatic moving High precision Better quality

Animations with Computers

Most importantly, saves time, more thinking.

Greater ideas Lower costs Profit

... with Computers

Not all about money

We are humans, work like humans! Utilize intelligence Meaningful life

... with Computers

From An Economical Point of View

Jobs can be divided into 2 big kinds: the ones with higher skills and higher income ,the other ones with lower skills and income.

Technology would reduce the number of low-skilled jobs available in the market.

More computerized methods in different jobs, more people would be sacked as their jobs can simply be replaced by computers.

Computerization leads to unemployment

The workers without specific skills cannot find jobs.

The productivity of the country decreases. The economy of the country decreases. Companies will close if they cannot make

profit. More people are unemployed.

Unemployment leads to further unemployment

Technology pushes the transformation of the economical structure of a place.

This can create a lot of jobs in the market.

Transformation of economical structure

More machines in the workplace, safer and more qualified products.

Increase the foreign investment Encourage the currency flow Have positive impact on the economy of a

place More jobs are created

Businessman: More technologies, better economy. Better economy, more jobs

Technology can bring us new jobs. For example, Iphone Apps More new jobs, less people are unemployed Economy of a place is better More jobs are available in the market

New Jobs

Technologies can take away some jobs at the beginning, but only limited to the lower-skill ones

The effect of the decrease in number of jobs only lasts for a certain period of time

A transformation of economical structure then takes place

New jobs follows the better economy

Sub-conclusion