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This counterargument is based on supporting ideas in your essay, ‘Should robots replace human in the workplace?’. This counterargument will present three reasons why they are not appropriate to support the idea-workplace replacement by robots should not be done.

First, the job replacement by robots will actually produce more jobs. Throughout the history, , many jobs have disappeared, and many jobs have appeared as technology improve. For instance, let’s go back to 1850s when train was the major transportation. The number of locomotive engineers, railroad conductors and brakemen increased by 600%, but that growth slowed in the early 1900s. Why? The automobile showed up. Car mechanics and repairman jobs surged while the railroad jobs began to disappear. Considering this, as robot industry improve and replace human in workplaces, many jobs will appear as much as it disappears.

Second, the correlation between the job replacement by robots and an increased risk of adult disease is not right. Before why the job replacement by robots will not increase the risk of adult diseases, this essay will talk about future jobs first. Future jobs are mostly based on cogitation, which only people have. Creativity and fluency will be the main power of people. So, the jobs are going to be brain-based, like artist or inventors. Unlike simple labors, those jobs cannot produce high value output in haste. So, people will take more time, and have more time compared to simple labor workers like nowadays.

According to Yeong-Ho Beak, the professor of the Department of Physical Education, Busan National University, the main factors of adult disease are reducton of physical movement, western meat-based diet, and high tension in everyday life. When robots replace human in the workplace, people will have more time to use for themselves. People will exercise more as they have more time because they do not have to do choirs. Robots can replace not only workplaces, but also houseworks. So when robots replace humans, the risk of adult disease will drop as people have more time to exercise. Also, when people are free from the time limit, they will eat less junk food. These days, people do not have enough time to eat because of work. When they are not in rush, they can eat healtier food, so the adult disease rate will come down.

Third, accidents and errors are neccesorys for technology to imporve. As your essay presented, errors when robots replace humans in various aspects can be fatual. So, before robots replace many jobs, we have to replace some jobs as a demonstration. Some jobs is so critical that when it stops, it might subvert our society, like doctors, firefighters, or polices. Before robots replace those jobs, people have to check whether there is an error or a defect.

Technology improves with errors and amending those errors. As Galaxy Note 7 has been mentioned, let’s take that as an example. Galaxy Note 7 had a fatual defect that it made Galaxy Note 7 get a nickname, homemade bomb. But, the defect has been fixed, and the next cellphone, Galaxy Note 8 was safe from that danger. Imagine if Galaxy Note 7’s battery problem had not rose. The battery would be taken as a safe battery, so many companies might use that battery as it was cheap, small, and had large charge amount. Then suddenly, the problem occurred. Every cellphone using that battery will be recalled, and it will confuse our socity. Considering this, the replacement should be done so we can find out defects and fix them.

Therefore, the robots should replace the human in workplaces.