USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Using machines to replace human labor is called ____
A
Mechanization
B
Urbanization
C
Discrimination
D
Integration
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Labor automation is the practice of substituting technology for human labor to perform specific tasks or jobs. Automation involves mechanization but also expands it by using technology to further remove people from tasks.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term “technological singularity” reflects the idea that such change may happen suddenly, and that it is difficult to predict how the resulting new world would operate.

Detailed explanation-3: -mechanization, Use of machines, either wholly or in part, to replace human or animal labour. Unlike automation, which may not depend at all on a human operator, mechanization requires human participation to provide information or instruction.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mechanization is normally defined as the replacement of a human task with a machine. Automatic transplanters are an example of mechanization. But, true automation encompasses more than mechanization. Automation involves the entire process, including bringing material to and from the mechanized equipment.

Detailed explanation-5: -Many scholars indicated that machines can only replace humans in repetitive low-skill, complex non-creative and dangerous tasks in manufacturing processes. Humans are needed in high-skilled innovation and critical decision-making jobs, as well as in fields that require emotional intelligence.

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