Argument Paper Rough Draft
Running Head: REPLACING HUMANS WITH ROBOTS 7
Replacing humans with robots
Brandon Battle
Replacing humans with robots
I believe Watch out for falling into first person (we/I) and second person (you). Academic writing should be in the third person that replacing humans will yield more and better results. As the world is changing and advancing daily it is believed that replacing humans with robots will yield better results in the organization, the replacement of humans with robots has brought about a major concern about the bleak future of employment in the world this is because robots are believed to be taking over and they are replacing humans in the workforce as they are believed to be productive and yield more results. These concerns are brought about by the technology that is emerging every day as the technology is able to automate intellectual tasks through cognitive computing; they are able to tackle physical tasks as well as customer care services from self-service to store scanners (Nehaniv & Dautenhahn, 2009).
What happened to your thesis statement from last week? (“Replacing [the] Human Work Force with Robots has [more] detrimental effects than benefits because it; has a high displacement effects and leads to upsurge of crime rate however, it has also created jobs in different sectors.”) You want your thesis to be the last sentence in your introduction.
Unemployment
Replacing humans in the workforce with robots is believed to will better results in the company. Robots are believed to transform the workforce hence organizations believe that replacing humans with robots in the organization is a better option (Becker & Ries, 2018). As the technology that is emerging is important and very real and many people will lose their jobs because they are being replaced by the robots, the future of employment is not that gloomy as we
believe it to be watch out for those pesky run-on sentences this is because automation will lead to the growth of many new employment opportunities as some brand new job categories will emerge. The employment sector will have a major job transformation effect as humans will work side by side with the robots. Provide more details about the “new employment opportunities.”
Advanced capitalism
Robots will lead to the reduction of the management of the company employing human workers as the organization will be required to only purchase machines and not pay the human workers wages and salaries. The organization will manage and invest the money that they would have spent paying wages and salaries as profit back into the company creating more capital; this diversifies the money that would have been spent on one individual hence maximizing the organization's profit. The organizations would argue that the income of many human employees will be maintained in the company meaning that they are able to afford more machinery as opposed to when they would be paying the salaries for a thousand people.
You have a lot of great details in this body paragraph, but without a clear thesis I cannot address how well they support it. Each body paragraph should support the thesis by identifying and analyzing key points.
Effectiveness
Machines and robots are believed to be highly efficient as they are able to perform many tasks faster than humans this makes working with robots efficient as the performance of most duties in the company will be efficient and it will be done on time. An organization will purchase many types of machinery which will be able to produce more goods and services within a very short duration of time enabling the organization too beat all deadlines ensuring that there are no delays in the production of their products and services (Becker & Ries, 2018). Machines are also efficient in that they don’t tire and get exhausted like humans do this enables them to perform tasks more efficiently as opposed to human labor a machine or robot is also not governed by the laws of labor meaning that they can work overtime as opposed to humans eight hours per day limit.
Efficient
Machines are believed to be sufficient and efficient as they are able to produce products that are similar in shape and size as a machine will operate in the same manner and not vary with time hence it produces goods of the same standard which is important when producing goods in mass production and the organization is required to deliver and produce goods that are similar to one another (Nehaniv & Dautenhahn, 2009). This simplifies the work when testing the quality of the goods as only a sample is required. Stay on track—not everything you learn about machines and robots belongs in this paper. You want every detail you use to support your thesis.
Trustworthy
As opposed to human’s machines are not vulnerable to corruption, corruption being a major root of evil in many third world countries. Machines are therefore employed so as to root out the corruption in an organization as a machine is only capable of applying one equal standard to all the situations regardless of the situation at hand as opposed to humans who are prone to taking bribes and being biased (Stefoff, 2007). Unless you work this idea of trustworthiness into your thesis, this information does not belong in your paper.
Conclusion.
Machines also have their disadvantages as they are cannot fully replace humans this is because the machines are not able to think on their own or conform to the current situation at hand as a machine cannot be able to adjust to the situation making it impossible for it to be the best at all times (Stefoff, 2007). Machines are not able to make changes without commands or notice that changes are required to be made at a given time when the environment requires a different way of operation whereas humans are able to adjust and make changes accordingly.
Conclusions should return to the thesis statement and “reach a decision or judgment about the merits of the subject,” (Lester, 2018, p. 213). They should not introduce new ideas.
Reference:
Lester, J. D. (2018). Writing research papers: A complete guide (16th Ed). [VitalSource ed.]. Retrieved from http://www.vitalsource.com
Helpful tip: Insert a page break in Word so that your reference page will always start at the top of a new page without getting bumped down if you edit the previous paragraphs. To do this, place your cursor after the last word on your last page and select “Page Break” from the Insert tab.
References
Becker, H., & Ries, A. (2018). Hubots: Real-world robots inspired by humans.
Nehaniv, C. L., & Dautenhahn, K. (2009). Imitation and social learning in robots, humans, and animals: Behavioural, social and communicative dimensions. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Stefoff, R. (2007). Robots. New York: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark.
Your reference page is off to a good start, but the formatting of your first entry seems to be missing information. I do not know where the article was published or, if it is a book, I do not know who the publisher is.
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Concerns Areas that Need Work |
Criteria Standards for This Performance |
Strengths Evidence of Meeting or Exceeding Standards |
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Your paper is missing a strong thesis. I do not know if you decided to use a different thesis than the one you shared last week or if you simply forgot to include your thesis in your introduction. If your intent is to write a new thesis, I strongly encourage you to complete the Writing a Thesis Statement tutorial from Week 2.
Once you establish a strong thesis, you will want to make sure your topic sentences align with your thesis’s points.
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Criteria #1:
The paper begins with an introduction paragraph to provide context for the topic. The introduction includes a thesis statement that presents the main claim for the argument, to be elaborated on in the body paragraphs. Each body paragraph begins with a topic sentence, integrates research to provide support for the main idea, and transitions to the next idea. The paper ends with a conclusion paragraph that summarizes the main ideas of the paper. The paper represents original work and correctly incorporates quotations and paraphrases from outside sources to inform the writing.
7.5 points possible |
Brandon, your draft is off to a good start! There are some issues but you have a solid foundation. Please see my comments in the “Concerns” column to the left.
Food for thought: What do you think you did well in this assignment? What do you think you should focus on when revising your draft for the Week 4 assignment?
Please see my embedded comments (in bold) throughout your paper for additional feedback.
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The organization of your paper was difficult to follow. This will improve once you clarify your thesis and align each paragraph with one of the thesis points.
As I note in my embedded feedback, some of your details and paragraphs seem to go off topic.
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Criteria #2:
The paper is 700 to 1,050 words in length. The tone aligns with the assignment’s purpose, to include being written in third person, and is geared toward the appropriate audience. The writing style is academic in nature. The paper is clear, is organized in a logical manner, addresses the main points, and demonstrates transition from one idea to the next. The references used for support are scholarly and relevant to the topic
4.5 possible points |
Keep an eye on your point of view—it is easy to slip into second (“you”) or first (“I”). You need to stay in the third person for the rest of the assignments in our class. This will keep your tone formal.
You can learn more about points of view here:
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Your paper contained errors.
Before submitting your Week 4 draft, try running your paper through some of the Grammar Checking Tools listed in the Center for Writing Excellence. Sometimes different tools will catch different errors.
You might also find it helpful to have a trusted peer review your paper.
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Criteria #3:
The proper template is used for the assignment. Rules of grammar and punctuation are followed; spelling is correct. Attempts at in-text citations have been added to paraphrases and direct quotes. Attempts at the correct APA formatting for the title page, reference page, spacing, and font have been made. References include the correct elements and attempts at correct APA formatting have been made.
3 points possible |
Overall, your in-text citations and reference page look good! (But please see my comment about your first reference page entry.) |
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Question for Further Reflection: How will you apply our Week 3 lessons when revising this draft during Week 4? For more tips on revision, check out: Revising Drafts
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Final Score: 12.75/15 – 1.5 (1 day late) = 11.25/15 |